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Rare winter waterspouts swirl over Long Island Sound during a frigid Arctic blast

As temperatures plummeted to the single digits in the Northeast on Monday, one Connecticut woman captured a photo of something that seemed a little out of place for winter: a waterspout. Alvida Veit took the picture from Stonington Point, Conn., looking toward Napatree Point, in Rhode Island. Veits sister reported a steamy sunrise over Long

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South Korea boosts border propaganda broadcasts after North Korea flies more trash balloons

SEOUL, South Korea South Korea said Sunday it was bolstering its anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the tense border with rival North Korea, after the North launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea.

Stephen Colberts band leader sees jazz, genius in Zelda, Mario soundtracks

If jazz musician and Stephen Colbert sidekick Jon Batiste were one of the video game characters he so adores, it would have to be Sonic the Hedgehog. Batiste just keeps moving, fast. During the course of a recent week, the enthusiastic, eclectic musician led his Stay Human band for a TV audience of millions on

The bees learning to fight off invasive hornets

By Katherine LathamFeatures correspondent The invading Asian hornets hovers, biding their time outside the bumblebee colony. When a worker returns, one hornet grabs her mid-air. In a flash, it overpowers her, decapitating the bee then chopping off her limbs.