Wellness coach, 40, dies after ‘detox’ ritual involving ‘toad vaccine’ — months after beating cancer

A “cleansing” ceremony involving the poisonous skin of an Amazonian frog is believed to be the cause of death for a wellness coach — mere months after he beat cancer. After recovering from Burkitt ...
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Oldsmar woman creates enormous, knitted version of Old Glory

OLDSMAR, Fla. — Four years, six months, twenty seven days — that's how long it took Oldsmar resident Dawn Barker to knit a giant American flag. The flag measures 40 feet by 50 feet, and finishing it ...

Brando wore a bonnet and bit a frog: The making of The Missouri Breaks

In The Missouri Breaks, a poorly received, oft-forgotten Western from 1976, people were expecting to see the oldest of Old ...
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An illuminating new tool against Hawaii’s coqui frogs

Michael Shiroma has developed a new technique to spot coqui frogs at night using a UV flashlight, which has allowed him to ...

The history of Kermit the Frog, an American icon

To mark the anniversary, our series America In Pursuit has been exploring culture, history and objects from American life. Here's NPR's Jennifer Ludden with another of those objects. JENNIFER LUDDEN, ...