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Sauna fire in Japan kills married couple, Tokyo police probing

Tokyo police are reportedly investigating what led to the couple becoming trapped in the sauna, suspecting the unit had a faulty doorknob, local media reported. 

A burned sauna stands in the yard of a home during the Flat Fire near Sisters, Oregon, U.S. August 25, 2025.
Mosquito bite, illustration.

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

eople look at the artifacts found during the construction of the new metro line at the Colosseum metro station which promise to dazzle locals and tourists with museum-like displays of archaeological discoveries, in Rome, Italy December 16, 2025.

New Rome metro stations showcase ancient treasures after years of delays

A couple kiss under the National Mistletoe exhibit in Washington DC, United States, December 13, 2025

‘Making Kiss-story’: DC’s lovebirds break record for most couples kissing under mistletoe


Want a personal trash panda? Raccoons may be evolving for domestication

Beyond evolving features cuter to humans, the mammal has also become less fearful of humans, according to the study.

Raccoon Paul eats at the home of veterinarian Mathilde Laininger in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2022. She cares for four raccoons that can no longer be released into the wild.

Jilted lover releases erotic poetry allegedly written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied having an affair with former New York Magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

'Puncturing holes in reality': AI masterminds clone Gmail of Jeffrey Epstein

Launched on Friday, the website amassed 18.4 million views as of Tuesday.

 U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Internet mocks Iranians dressed as 'advanced humanoid robots' at tech expo

Acne scars, blinking and breathing revealed the "advanced" robots were people in costumes.

Costumed humans pretending to be robots at an Iranian tech expo in November.

Woman spared cremation after officials hear her knocking on coffin door

The woman was bedridden for two years prior to the incident and had reportedly been unresponsive for days.

Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple provides funds for a woman nearly cremated alive.

One in four Israeli youths has iron-deficiency anemia, these vegetables can help

Israel reports high rates of iron-deficiency anemia among children and teens; spinach leads five iron-rich vegetables, with vitamin C recommended to improve absorption.

 Anemia in the blood where some of the red blood cells are crescent-shaped.

Archaeologists uncover 15,000 unexpected artifacts beneath Tulsa cemetery

A routine search for unmarked graves at Oaklawn Cemetery has instead uncovered 15,000 artifacts that reveal a vivid, unexpected picture of early Tulsa.

The Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Are mummies responsible for NJ Devils' string of injuries? Archaeologists, players weigh in

The strange tale of two mummies discovered beneath the Prudential Center collides with the Devils’ run of bad injury luck this season.

 A cameraman films the only known example of a pregnant Egyptian mummy, displayed at an exhibition in National Museum in Warsaw, Poland May 4, 2021

Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery

The Superman comic, found in excellent condition with a nine out of ten rating by the company CGC, was released in 1939 by Detective Comics Inc. and is one in only a handful which still exist.

A rare first edition copy of a Superman comic, forgotten for many years in an attic, sold for more than $9 million at a Texas auction house, making it reportedly the most expensive comic ever sold.

Self-portrait of Frida Kahlo sells for more than $54 million, setting new record for female artists

Featuring Kahlo asleep in her bed, the piece, painted in 1940, surpassed the painting price of the previous record holder, Georgia O’Keeffe, whose painting sold for $44.4 million in 2014.

Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, sells a Frida Kahlo self portrait for $34.9 Million USD during an art auction, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 16, 2021