May 18, 2024

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Desert Oasis twins find success, recognition in flag football

Desert Oasis twins find success, recognition in flag football

Posted 44 mins ago

Akemi Higa is a quarterback; twin Akiko is her favorite wide receiver. And they are dominating, leading Desert Oasis High this winter to the state semifinals and rewriting the state record book ...

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil with a coprolite underneath its rear is displayed towards the front of the Poozeum, a museum in Willaims, Ariz., dedicated to educating the public about fossilized feces. The Poozeum, which has been a traveling exhibit across the U.S. for several years, will open its first physical location on Saturday, May 18 at 8 a.m.

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A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil with a coprolite underneath its rear is displayed towards the front of the Poozeum, a museum in Willaims, Ariz., dedicated to educating the public about fossilized feces. The Poozeum, which has been a traveling exhibit across the U.S. for several years, ...

Arizona’s Poozeum celebrates the science of dinosaur dung

Posted 44 mins ago

By Grace Da Rocha

What initially started as a funny purchase exploded into a full-blown collection of coprolites that has led to George Frandsen establishing the first Poozeum ...

Weekend Wagers: 11 bets to place on 11 different sports including Preakness

Weekend Wagers: 11 bets to place on 11 different sports including Preakness

Posted 44 mins ago

It’s a busy sports weekend, and I’m wanting to take full advantage. So, as an encore to one of the better stretches in the history of the column, let’s bet more than ever before with 11 bets on 11 sports ...

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Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son

Urban forestry workers remove branches from a redwood tree as they prepare to cut it down next to the Wayfarers Chapel, a sanctuary by architect Lloyd Wright, also known as "The Glass Church," in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The modernist chapel features organic architecture with glass walls in a redwood grove overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Part of the Swedenborgian denomination, the church's followers share in 18th-century Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg's "quest for a religion that interconnects all of life, and for a system that allows reasoned questioning of life's deepest religious issues," the chapel's website says.

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Urban forestry workers remove branches from a redwood tree as they prepare to cut it down next to the Wayfarers Chapel, a sanctuary by architect Lloyd Wright, also known as "The Glass Church," in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The modernist chapel ...

Posted 11:44 p.m.

A decades-old landslide that’s rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views. The earth beneath the chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes is ...

At Memphis BBQ contest, pitmasters sweat through the smoke to be best in pork

It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali’s historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors