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Moss-covered trees at Olympic National Park in Washington State, Nov. 3, 2016. A skeleton that was found 26 years ago inside a tent in a remote area of the park has now been identified, thanks to a combination of matching DNA to relatives and advances in DNA technology, as a man named Joseph Louis Serrao Jr., who was born in 1960. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

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26-Year Mystery of a Skeleton in a Tent Ends With DNA Identification

A Fresno grass fire grew to about 20 acres Friday, briefly threatening homes and an apartment complex before firefighters contained it with no reported injuries or damage. (Fresno FD)

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Grass Fire in Fresno Grows to 20 Acres, Threatens Homes Before Being Contained

Paramount and Warner Bros logos are seen in this illustration taken December 8, 2025. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)

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US Justice Department Clears Paramount’s Acquisition of Warner Bros, Politico Reports

Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, speaks at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, Calif., Sept. 17, 2025. As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, Meta is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use AI technology, and preparing to lay some of them off. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)

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Meta’s Zuckerberg Admits ‘Mistakes’ Made on AI Transformation

South Korea and U.S. flags are seen at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 24, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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North Korea Condemns US Missile Sale Approval to South Korea, KCNA Says

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I Miss How Friday Nights Used to Feel at Blockbuster

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