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Humans and great apes share similar giggles

NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos — and recorded the results. The new research reexamined those decades-old recordings and compared them with the newly captured giggles of four young children while they were being tickled and playing at home. It turns out that the chuckles of humans and great apes follow similar rhythms, with regular timing between their laughs, ...

Florida executes 74-year-old man

MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of killing his wife has become the oldest person to be executed in modern Florida times. Authorities say Dusty Ray Spencer received a lethal injection Thursday evening for the 1992 stabbing death of his wife Karen. It was Florida's ninth execution this year. Florida Corrections records dating to 1924 show the oldest inmates last executed in Florida were both 72. One of them, Samuel Lee Smithers, was put to death last year for two killings in 1996 while the other, R. Charlie Gifford, was executed in 1951 for a state lawmaker's shooting death. ...

Correction

A story in Thursday's Parkersburg News and Sentinel incorrectly reported that a press release announcing a settlement between Chemours and the U.S. Department of Justice, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection came from Governor Patrick Morrisey's Office. It came from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Affairs Office.

Lowe, Davis lead Pirates past Mariners

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday. Lowe's homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the ...

‘All gas, no breaks’: Post 64 beats Clarksburg

MARIETTA – One of the parents for Marietta Post 64 may be on to something. At one point during Wednesday’s game with Clarksburg Post 13 after Post 64 starting pitcher Casey Burkhammer recorded one of his nine strikeouts, a voice bellowed out “that’s Casey with a K.” Burkhammer, ...

Local Calendar

Friday, June 26 Legion Baseball: Marietta at Coshocton Tournament, TBD; Beverly/Lowell at Myrtle Beach, TBD; Parkersburg at Mountaineer Classic, 6 p.m.