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Rental Family closes Philip’s journey with a bittersweet reunion, a funeral that changes him, and a final shrine scene that ...

A creative week in the Greenpeace world, with murals around the globe celebrating the ratification of the Global Oceans ...

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We remember Ai, a highly intelligent chimpanzee who lived at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University for most of ...

The return of Ueno Zoo’s last giant pandas underscores how an animal became a diplomatic symbol — and what happens when that symbol is withdrawn.

An opulent 1907 estate overlooking New Jersey's Ramapo Mountains is for sale in a $1B bankruptcy. Its history is as alluring ...

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Thanks to the success of 11.22.63 on Netflix, we think Stephen King books, like The Tailsman and Roadwork, deserve to be ...