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Visitors pose inside a proportion-distorting room at Paradox Museum Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, ...

Paradox Museum Miami takes guests through a 21st century funhouse of mind-boggling illusions

MIAMI (AP) — Art gallery, science exhibition and 21st century funhouse, Paradox Museum Miami takes guests on a tour through optical illusions and other enigmas geared for the age of Instagram. The 11,000 square-foot (1,000 square-meter) museum, housed in Miami’s trendy Wynwood arts and entertainment district, features more than 70 exhibits that challenge the imagination, […]
3 months ago
FILE - Jim Means holds up Punxsutawney Phil at daybreak, Feb. 2, 1980, in Punxsutawney, Penn., in f...

Beneath the surface, Groundhog Day’s deep roots predate Punxsutawney Phil

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the year and the spring equinox has ancient roots in European agricultural life. Punxsutawney Phil is far from the only groundhog whose human handlers make annual announcements […]
3 months ago
A Seattle man tells police someone keeps sending him packages of pot and he wants it to stop. (AP f...
Josh Kerns

Seattle man: Stop mailing me marijuana

A Seattle man doesn't know why someone keeps mailing him marijuana. But he wants it to stop.
11 years ago
Sure, they look cute, but a mouse inside a car managed to cause a minor traffic delay during the mo...
Alyssa Kleven

Mouse stops I-5 driver right in her tracks

It wasn't the safest place to pull over, but two women felt they needed to get out of their car immediately during the Tuesday morning commute.
11 years ago