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A person removes a filter from a mini-split unit.

Home

After decades with a wood stove, couple finds a simpler winter routine with a heat pump

Hundo the manatee.

Outdoors

Orphaned manatee calf 'Hundo' bulks up at Cincinnati Zoo, flies home to Florida

A brush painting a baseboard trim.

Home

Michigan renter says a property manager kept the whole deposit over paint touch-ups

A black spitting cobra.

Outdoors

Singapore searches for a black spitting cobra after sightings near homes in Serangoon Gardens

A power outlet with two cables plugged into it, partially obscured by furniture.

Home

Prospective renter calls out red flags after spotting a fridge and gas stove sharing one outlet

A collection of various-sized potatoes in a cardboard box.

Home

Gardener turns sprouted store-bought potatoes into a 10-pound harvest

An alligator rests on the grass near a body of water, with a bird nearby on the bank.

Outdoors

In Florida, a 12-foot alligator kills a 71-year-old angler at a Lake Apopka park

Mold inside a washing machine.

Home

A rental's washer came moldy and the dryer needs 4 cycles, but the lease calls them 'gifts'

A monarch butterfly.

Tech

America's butterflies fell 22%, and scientists say it's an early warning sign

Women working in a tea garden.

Tech

In India, a 'white snake' strikes tea worker's foot, leaving her paralyzed

A worker installing artificial turf.

Business

School official faces scrutiny over ties to artificial turf industry as parents raise safety concerns

A snake with a patterned, textured body on a dirt surface.

Outdoors

In South Africa, 3 dogs died from puff adder bites in 10 days, raising fears about antivenom stock