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German media reports that an inverted red triangle, a Hamas symbol, was painted on a house next door. Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor posts a photo of the symbol, and the blaze, on X, along ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

Chiapa has approved a new state coat of arms that replaces the historical design of colonial origin, better depicting its ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you know that peach cobbler is the official state cobbler of Texas? Or that Texas blue topaz is the official state gem? Or that petrified palmwood is the official state stone of ...