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A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025

One Georgia city will welcome 2025 with a larger-than-average bang. The Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel at midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Snack judgment: Spanish court slaps supermarket that fired a worker for eating a croquette

A Spanish court has upheld a ruling that a supermarket worker was unlawfully fired for having eaten a croquette that was going to be thrown away after not having been sold from the store’s deli section.

New eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the delight of global viewers

Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed when the nest of a Minnesota pair and their chick collapsed on live video last year will get a when a new eagle camera goes live this week.

Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska’s largest city

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death.

6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped

Authorities say only six monkeys are still on the loose after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.

How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million

Walk into any supermarket and you can usually buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.

‘The Bear’ has a mirror image: Chicago crowns lookalike winner for show’s star Jeremy Allen White

More than 50 contestants turned out in a Chicago park to compete in a lookalike contest to portray actor Jeremy Allen White — star of the Chicago-based television series, “The Bear.”

NYC politicians call on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for saying bakery denied order over politics

New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make The View co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs.

New Hampshire shelter faces enor-mouse problem after man surrenders nearly 1,000 rodents

A New Hampshire animal shelter has an enor-mouse problem on its hands. A man arrived Monday saying he wanted to give up 150 mice. But then he clarified: 150 containers of mice, not individual critters.

Military horse drenched in blood as it ran through London returns to duty

A white military horse that galloped through central London drenched in blood this spring after bolting with other horses from routine exercises has returned home after more than six months of recovery.