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Ricardo Godoi reportedly hired a tattoo studio to ink his body in a hospital setting, where he ultimately died on the operating table Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Forgive Felicia Ludwig for getting all cosmic about it, but that’s just how she feels about fossil hunting. Ludwig found her first fossil on the sandy expanse of Calvert County’s Matoaka Beach ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...

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Australian rockers Jet have announced a 2025 North American tour featuring support from Band of Skulls. The outing kicks off May 27th in Toronto, and runs through a June 15th show in Minneapolis, ...

An 'extremely rare' Philippine spotted deer fawn has been born in the UK - as part of a new breeding program to protect the endangered species. Measuring in at just 30cm tall (the same height as a ...

A new way of interpreting standard blood tests could help doctors spot cancer warning signs sooner, according to scientists. Experts believe it could flag 10,000 patients a year who have a raised ...

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