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Is it a human in a costume? Is it a raccoon or a coyote? A mysterious creature was spotted recently outside the Amarillo Zoo in Texas, and the city is asking the public for help identifying it.

The mayor's announcement allows officials to mobilize personnel and resources and cut through red tape to get ahead of a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that devastated the city.

The 26-year-old protester, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, was killed in January in an Atlanta-area forest as police cleared an encampment of activists who oppose the construction of Atlanta's "Cop City."

The trip was Putin's first-ever visit to the Donbas region, which Russia illegally annexed last year. It followed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue a warrant for him on war crimes.

The city council will vote Monday on a request to resume free, every-other-week curbside bulk waste pickup starting in January. Additional bulk waste would cost an extra $30 per bucket.

Reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha was a turning point in the war. It galvanized public opinion worldwide. Now, the city's mayor is in Washington, D.C., asking for help as they try to rebuild.

Two people have been detained in connection with the theft of equipment from the England national team's vehicles during their move from a pre-training base in Florida to Kansas City, where they have their permanent World Cup base camp.

NPR correspondent Chris Arnold is based in Boston. His reports are heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. He joined NPR in 1996 and was based in San Francisco before moving to Boston in 2001.

A pending truce in the "border war" of massive tax cuts and giveaways to lure businesses to Missouri or Kansas may end decades of fierce competition in the Kansas City area.

In a video out of Ukraine, a projectile appeared to strike near Kharkiv's administration building Tuesday — as civilians try to flee the city. Kharkiv is about 25 miles from the Russian border.