The wētā derives its name from the indigenous Maori language, meaning "god of ugly things." It is endemic to New Zealand.

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John Lennon was killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980 as he returned to his New York apartment from a recording ...

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The WA State Employment Security Department plans to hold a Federal job fair, virtually, May 15th. WA Employment Security ...

The Kentucky Derby happened over the weekend, and a horse owned by Grants Pass businessman Travis Boersma finished 5th. In ...

The Seattle Police Department is seeing recruitment efforts improve as it hired 500% more officers in the first four months ...

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Nicholas D. Whitney was sought by the Stevens County Sheriff's Office on felony counts of reckless burning, and multiple ...

The phrase rings for Kennewick's Dillon Hutcheson. The angler took the lead, and WON Thursday's Westport Halibut Derby! The ...

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AI to greatly increase the communication and data sharing between doctors and testing, and speed up diagnostics in cancer ...