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Dr. Greg Skomal, shark researcher for Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, captures video footage of a great white shark, while the crew listens for its radio tag, off the coast of Chatham, Mass., on Oct. 21, 2022.

Great white shark is well-traveled

July 19, 2024, 5:57am Life

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — If there is any great white shark that could rise above Jaws’ acclaim and soften the apex predators’ infamy, it’d be LeeBeth. Read story

The Philadelphia Zoo’s baby Sumatran orangutan, the first birth of this species at the zoo in 15 years, on June 26.

Zoo welcomes baby orangutan

July 19, 2024, 5:57am Life

For the first time since 2009, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomes a new baby Sumatran orangutan, courtesy of parents Tua and Sugi. Read story

This week in Clark County history, July 19

July 19, 2024, 5:32am Clark County Life

A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. 100 years ago At a luncheon on July 16, 1924, C.A. Pender, vice president of the Prunarians, gave two members the go-ahead to hunt for gorillas roaming the… Read story

FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. His death was announced Thursday, July 18, 2024, in a post on his official X account.

Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and Fox Business host, dies at 78

July 18, 2024, 3:36pm Entertainment

Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and cable TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78. Read story

FILE - Actor-comedian Bob Newhart sits with a bronze likeness of Dr. Bob Hartley, the character he played in the 1972-78 sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," at the unveiling of the statue in Chicago on July 27, 2004. Newhart, the deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He was 94. (AP Photo/M.

Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

July 18, 2024, 1:32pm Entertainment

Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Read story

Groceries don’t have to break the bank; prices are still high but here’s some tips to save

A shopper peruses cheese offerings at a Target store in Sheridan, Colo. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high.

July 18, 2024, 6:04am Business

If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only one. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high — up 21 percent on average since inflation started to surge more than three years ago. Read story

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Great white shark is well-traveled

Zoo welcomes baby orangutan

This week in Clark County history, July 19

Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and Fox Business host, dies at 78

Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients

Try this: World War II Encampment, Nashville in the Northwest, pig roast

Groceries don’t have to break the bank; prices are still high but here’s some tips to save

1974: The 3rd-best year ever for great albums? From Bob Marley to Joni Mitchell, it’s a contender

‘The FORCE’ is with LL Cool J