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In her first conservation job, Ashley Dayer watched a species go extinct. “It’s a picture that haunts me,” she told HuffPost. When she arrived in Maui in 2001, there were only three known Po’ouli birds left in existence. The drab, brown honeycreepers weren’t the flashiest of Hawaii’s animals, but they were unique in their preference…

Warning: Spoilers below! You mad after that episode of “Game of Thrones”? Because Dany (Emilia Clarke) is, and it seems like she’s just getting started. Wasn’t this supposed to be a victory lap? In Episode 3, “The Long Night,” Arya (Maisie Williams) shattered the Night King (Vladimír Furdík) — the embodiment of death — into…

Warning: Spoilers below! My lords, my ladies: I’m here to let you know that something spectacular happened during Episode 4 of “Game of Thrones” Season 8. (And no, it has nothing to do with resurrecting the Night King.) After years of flirtation and undeniable chemistry, Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie)…

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to raise tariffs even higher on some Chinese products as he repeated the lie that China pays tariffs directly to the U.S. Treasury. He claimed the “payments” have led to the improvement in the U.S. economy. In fact, American consumers absorb the cost of tariffs on imported Chinese goods by paying…

GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 6 (Reuters) – A surge in deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel petered out overnight with Palestinian officials reporting that Egypt had mediated a ceasefire on Monday ending the most serious spate of cross-border clashes for months. The latest round of fighting erupted three days ago, peaking on Sunday when…

President Donald Trump complained on Sunday about two “stollen” years in office, and Twitter users took him to the bakery over the typo.  Trump initially retweeted one of his evangelical supporters who claimed the president should get two extra years in office as “reparations” for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation: Trump then added his own tweet…

Boeing said Sunday some of its 737 Max jetliners were accidentally delivered with one of the cockpits’ warning lights as an optional addition, rather than a standard feature of the new aircraft, and that the company knew for months before informing the Federal Aviation Administration. The aerospace giant said in a statement a warning light…

“Game of Thrones” fans had to suffer through (spoilers!) more shocking deaths on Sunday night.  Euron Greyjoy killed the dragon Rhaegal and Cersei Lannister executed Missandei as Grey Worm and Daenerys watched.  Twitter users are already out for revenge, with many practically demanding blood and fire in next week’s episode: 

Lora King, the daughter of Rodney King, said Monday she would launch a new scholarship to help black fathers spend more time with their families, an effort announced on the 27th anniversary of the L.A. Riots. King’s name became known throughout the nation after he was beaten by four white police officers in 1991. A…

Stacey Abrams will not run for U.S. Senate in Georgia next year, she announced Tuesday. “I’ve been deeply honored by so many fellow Georgians asking me to serve,” Abrams, a Democrat, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But my responsibility is not simply to run because the job is available. I need to run because I want to…