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US Ski Team Mourns Teammates Who Died in Avalanche

iStock/Thinkstock(ZAGREB, Croatia) — Members of the U.S. Ski Team plan to wear black armbands during Tuesday’s World Cup slalom race in Croatia in tribute to two prospects who were killed in an avalanche one day earlier, team spokeswoman Megan Harrod told ABC Read More

Pope Francis Raffles Off New Car, Old Hat and More

neneos/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(ROME) — Pope Francis is cleaning out his closets and raffling off items that range from a hat to a Fiat car he never used. The pope’s raffle of items that were given to him will end this Thursday when the winning numbers will Read More

Emu Halts Highway Traffic as It Runs Free as a Bird

Nebojsa Markovic/iStock/Thinkstock(TEL AVIV, Israel) — Drivers in Israel certainly had an interesting excuse for being late to their destinations on Sunday. In what appeared like a roadrunner straight out of a cartoon, an emu escaped from a private farm and hit the Read More