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A dog is in a muddy hole while two men prepare to assist it nearby.

Outdoors

Texas man follows a dog's cries to a concrete hole, and Astro makes it home

A sign for the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E Headquarters in front of a building and trees.

Business

Lawsuit targets Missouri policy that withholds victims' names from crash reports

A transparent plastic bottle lies on sand with a snake coiled inside.

Outdoors

Student in India caught a venomous snake, got bitten, and still trapped it

A portable generator on grass with visible electrical connections and control panel.

Home

A $200 Briggs generator may cost far more once the wrenching starts

A wooden structure with multiple doors near a grassy area and a stream, surrounded by mountains and clouds.

Tech

Satellites now keep track of backcountry toilets in New Zealand — and they may soon help catch predators

A dentist's office.

Business

'They are notorious for [this]': New York dentist adds upsell and credit-card fee

A spider.

Home

Tourist's 'kill it with fire' approach to bathroom spider ends with entire villa in ashes

A voting ballot with options for "YES" and "NO" and a pen placed beside it.

Business

Massachusetts voters weigh ballot measure that could squeeze schools, housing, and health care

A front-loading washing machine.

Home

Front-loading washer's mystery smell vanishes after one detergent swap sends black gunk pouring out

An indoor space with a white plastic vapor barrier, a pipe, and exposed wooden beams.

Home

Homeowner held back payment on a $20,000 crawlspace job: 'That is not encapsulation'

A glacier.

Tech

'Keep it Wool': Researchers in Switzerland use sheep's wool to slow glacier melt

A snake in a plastic container.

Outdoors

In India, a woman tried to save a trapped snake, then carried it into the hospital after it bit her