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Twenty penguins were sent from San Diego's SeaWorld in plastic crates — amazingly without any sedatives. They just chilled out on a big block of ice set into their crates.

After nearly seven decades of cutting hair, Tony Manzi is putting his clippers away. Manzi, known around Cranston, R.I., as "Tony the Barber," is retiring on Thursday.

Some 2 million revelers celebrate New Year's Eve on Copacabana Beach every year, and excessive drinking doesn't improve their ability to swim.

Scientists keep track of nearly 20,000 pieces of space debris, from the size of an apple to that of a school bus. A visualization from the Royal Institution lets you watch the orbiting trash pile up.

It can be a provocative art show. Or teenagers going out for a walk. By law and tradition, Saudi women still face many restrictions. But they keep stretching the boundaries and the pace is picking up.

The year 2015 was a busy one for science, with discoveries on many fronts. Astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser offers thoughts on a few.

Watch Brittany Howard and band lay into the heady soul ballad "Joe" at their headlining ACL performance, in advance of the show's 41st season premiere.

From ancient China to its modern rise, from the searing feuds of the Middle East to the cultural contradictions of Rio, our international staff offers up some of the best books of 2015. Enjoy.

A weakening commodities market, hindered largely by the slowdown in China, has hurt economies in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere.