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  • The Telegraph

    The best places to go fossil hunting in Britain

    News that an 11-year old girl, Ruby Reynolds, found an important fossil proves that anyone can make historic discoveries if they are willing to get out there and look. The fossilised bone, found on a Somerset beach in 2020, was recently identified by Dean Lomax, a palaeontologist from Manchester University, as coming from a species of giant marine reptile new to science. Ruby, now 15, helped name the prehistoric creature Ichthyotitan severnensis, or, “giant fish lizard of the Severn”. The specie

  • Reuters

    Los Angeles police begin clearing a USC pro-Palestinian encampment

    Los Angeles police in riot gear swarmed a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early on Sunday to clear away demonstrators, after warning everyone to leave the area or be arrested, officials and media reported. Police entered the encampment about 5 a.m. local time and began removing tents, the Los Angeles Times and other media reported. The anti-war protests have been staged at campuses across the nation in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza, which it launched after a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that Israel says killed 1,200 people.

  • Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer

    Watch as Olivia Anger wins the 2024 Flying Pig Marathon women's race

    Watch as Olivia Anger wins the 2024 Flying Pig Marathon women's race Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Cincinnati, Ohio.