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Mars Rover Shows Blue Sunset on the Red Planet

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS(NEW YORK) — Sunset on Mars looks drastically different than the warm colors seen on Earth. NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stunning image of a deep blue sunset on the Red Planet as it faded into the Martian horizon. “The Read More

Ginger Zee’s Swim in Jellyfish Lake in Palau

ABC NewsREPORTER’S NOTEBOOK by GINGER ZEE (NEW YORK) — Welcome to Palau! The string of over three hundred tiny green islands, 3 degrees north of the equator in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines, is both a majestic and magical place. Time Read More

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Iraq Prison Break

manxman/iStock/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — ISIS is claiming responsibility for a prison break in Iraq that killed dozens and led many prisoners to freedom. When a fight broke out amongst inmates at a jail in the country’s Diyala province, prison guards tried to stop Read More

Former Turkish Dictator Dies at 97

ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images(ANKARA, Turkey) — A former military dictator and coup leader in Turkey has died at the age of 97. Kenan Evren died Saturday in a hospital in Ankara, the Turkish capital. Evren led the overthrow of the Turkish government in 1980 and Read More

Russians March to Celebrate Victory in World War II

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russia marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on Saturday, with huge crowds shrugging off signs of international isolation, and reveling in a sudden sense of profound national unity as the country Read More

Israel Museum Displays Old Ten Commandments Text

Lior Mizrahi / iStock / Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — The oldest known copy of the Ten Commandments is now on display at the Israel Museum. Never seen in Israel, the 2,000-year-old text is on display in the museum’s new exhibit called, “A Brief History of Read More