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Tang believes in giving his players a holiday break so much that he even uses it as a recruiting tool. He demands that ...

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If you believe Frank Corrado of TSN, the Toronto Maple Leafs are headed toward a trade that would see them trade one of their ...

Some people in Ukraine weathered the harshest moments of the last ice age by creating shelters made partly of mammoth bones and tusks.

Dude the Golden Retriever mix's dad documented his first visit with Santa in a TikTok video, and it's seriously adorable to ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

A Modesto man accused of running a large-scale puppy mill and abusing dozens of dogs faces up to four years in local state prison after a Stanislaus County jury convicted him of felony and misdemeanor ...

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, ...

A golden retriever, a golden doodle, a terrier, a spaniel. How these pups are making kids feel better in Southwest Florida.

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

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