A hoax social media post claimed the 193-year-old tortoise died and asked for crypto donations, a veterinarian said.
Reports of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a nearly 200-year-old tortoise — were greatly exaggerated.
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What if it’s your family? You are on vacation at a beach resort or trying to connect at a major international hub when suddenly violence erupts. You can’t leave and might be in danger.
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Experts and labor leaders say the mammoth security lines at some U.S. airports would not disappear overnight.
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Johnson rejected a Senate bill and said House Republicans would seek to fund the entire department at current levels until May 22.
USA TODAY's Eve Chen takes you inside the world's busiest airport during the DHS shutdown.
The U.S. Senate passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the partial government shutdown early Friday morning.
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The deal, which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call, next goes to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday.
The Senate early Friday approved Homeland Security funds for Transportation Security Administration and most other agencies, but not the immigration operations at the heart of the budget impasse.
Senators are reviewing a "last and final" Republican offer to end the funding impasse that disrupted travel.
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