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Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

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A frozen federal program that pumped $4 billion a year into small and mid-sized tech businesses is on the brink of being reopened now that two US senators who sparred over its future, Ed Markey and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Cindy McCain announced Thursday she will step down as U.N. World Food Program Executive Director in three months ...

MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin playfully threw a couple of jabs at a TV camera while skating off the ice Tuesday night, the pressure of his first Olympics having seemingly vanished following a team gold ...