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The big, heartbreaking difference is that “Roofman” isn’t just some fun, eccentric caper — it’s based on a wild true story, involving a prison escape, a six-month secret stay inside Toys “R” …

Sep 1, 2025 · BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s Trevor Story had a strange Fenway Park homer in the sixth inning against Cleveland on Monday when the ball went off an outfielder’s glove and then …

Nov 13, 2025 · The state of Michigan has agreed to return a life ring from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck to its owner.

Carlos Narváez had his first career pinch hit, a tiebreaking single in the fifth inning, Trevor Story had a strange homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-4.

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling. The results are just starting to appear in …

May 28, 2025 · Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. The celestial object is emitting X-rays around the same time it's shooting out radio waves.

The judge said he hadn’t noticed any strange behavior. “Not once has the Court perceived Defendant to be acting in an odd or incongruent manner or otherwise demonstrating signs at …

Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material. Gunn, the mind behind “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide …

The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Even shy of supporting violence, there are many instances of people who vent over how health insurers …