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Mort Walker, ‘Beetle Bailey’ cartoonist, dies at 94

Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy private “Beetle Bailey,” died Saturday. He was 94.

NCAA says Michigan State sexual assault cases were previously investigated

NCAA President Mark Emmert says sexual assault cases involving Michigan State athletes referenced in a letter sent by an advocacy group in 2010 were “widely reported” and already being investigated by law enforcement and the school.

Holocaust survivors travel to Auschwitz 73 years after being liberated

Elderly Holocaust survivors wearing striped scarves that recalled their uniforms as prisoners of Nazi Germany made a yearly pilgrimage to Auschwitz on Saturday, exactly 73 years after the Soviet army liberated the death camp in occupied Poland.

Police round up animals after stroll in Los Angeles

It was less an arrest than a roundup. Police say a donkey led more than a dozen sheep and goats on a stroll through a suburban West Covina neighborhood east of Los Angeles.

Woof! Japanese companies show off companion home robots

Japan, home of the “kawaii” cult of cute, has always had a soft spot for companion robots, in contrast to the more industrial or mechanical types used for assembly lines, surgeries and military missions.

Baby okapi goes on display at Los Angeles Zoo

The Los Angeles Zoo has put on display a baby okapi, a reclusive species that in the wild is found deep in the now-vanishing dense rainforests of central Africa.

Burned bears return to California wild; cub to stay in captivity

A burned mountain lion cub rescued from the largest recorded California wildfire will not be released into the wild and will instead live out its life at a wildlife-rescue center, state officials said Thursday.