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Former President Trump's curiously wrinkled trousers appears to have overshadowed his speech Saturday at a Republican Party state convention in North Carolina.

Actually, Trump Was NOT Wearing His Pants Backward At A Weekend Rally

11:33am June 07, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Trump's pants, it turns out, have legs. The unusual wrinkles in his attire raised an unlikely question: Could the former leader of the free world be wearing his suit pants backward?

A mural in Roswell, N.M., displays the town slogan. A mysterious aircraft crash in 1947 led to the local legend of visitors from another planet.

National

The Truth Is (Still) Out There In 'UFO Capital' Roswell, New Mexico

11:18am June 05, 2021

People in "the UFO capital of the world" are eagerly anticipating the release of a Defense Department report on its investigations into Unexplained Aerial Phenomena. As always, some see a cover-up.

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Alien Enthusiasts In Roswell, N.M., Eagerly Await The Release Of UFO Report

8:33pm June 04, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

People in "the UFO capitol of the world," Roswell, N.M., are eagerly anticipating the release of a Defense Department report on their investigations into UFOs.

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The word "doughnut" first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1782 but by the early 1800s, "donut" became widely used.

National

Doughnut Or Donut? Discuss

9:49am June 04, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Doughnut came first, but donut wasn't far behind. Now, whether it's glazed or jelly-filled experts say either spelling is equally acceptable.

The Name Karen Drops Significantly On A List Of Popular Baby Names

6:59am June 02, 2021

Calling someone a Karen has become shorthand for a person — usually a white woman — who uses their privilege to be a jerk. The name fell 171 spots on the Social Security Administration's list.

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Officials Say They Didn't Intend To Codify Asparagus In Belgian Law

5:45am June 02, 2021

A Belgian legal database accidentally published a six-step recipe for making asparagus. The BBC reports that lawyers were astonished to find it amid medical pricing laws.

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A jumping spider - Evarcha arcuata - literally hangs out at nighttime - but this was a surprise, even to a jumping spider researcher.

Science

Why Jumping Spiders Spend All Night Hanging Out — Literally

7:30pm June 01, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Little is known about the night-time habits of tiny creatures all around us. Take the jumping spider--it mysteriously can spend much of the night suspended in mid-air, hanging by a thread.

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National

A Teen Shoves A Bear To Save Her Family's Dogs

5:32pm June 01, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Video of the terrifying encounter in a Southern California backyard shows Hailey Morinico using both hands to push the bear off a wall and break up the bear vs. dog confrontation.

Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture For Real Money

5:55am June 01, 2021

Salvatore Garau has sold his latest invisible sculpture. The work, titled "I Am," doesn't exist except in the artist's imagination. The buyer gets a stamped certificate in exchange for $18,000.

Is There Really A Truck Driver Shortage?

2:47pm May 25, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

The nation's big trucking employers have been arguing for decades that there's a trucker shortage. Is it really a shortage or something different?