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Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries

BENICIA, Calif. — The handwritten sign at a Northern California public library warned patrons to expect more noise than usual. That warning quickly proved to be an understatement as professional wrestlers, accompanied by booming music, thundered into the reading space and jumped into a ring ...

Indigenous practices rein in Brazilian wildfires

TOCANTINIA, Brazil — Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil. But the Indigenous residents weren't afraid and didn't rush to put it out. The flames were intentional as part of a wildfire prevention ...

Earplugs a needed accessory at concerts

NEW YORK — When her favorite band took the stage, Kristin Shires was in the front row. As the Misterwives started to play, the drums and saxophones blared from the trembling speakers. Shires soaked in the music — but on the way home, a different sound played in her ears. "The half hour ...

Taiwan zoo welcomes red pandas from China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A zoo in Taiwan's capital received a pair of endangered red pandas from China on Saturday, in the first exchange of animals in more than a decade as tensions between the two sides run high. The pandas, a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female, will be in quarantine ...