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Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Tanya Smith’s memoir "Never Saw Me Coming" with Janelle Monáe attached to star in ...

The Jacksonville Public Library will be hosting “Preschool Palooza”, a free family event On Saturday, February 15. The event, ...

The group argued that the rules of habeas corpus that apply to humans should also apply to animals, but the court ruled that 'elephants are not people.' The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the ...

On Jan. 25, 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed, of South Africa, was exploring near Malelane Gate in Kruger National Park when he was attacked by an elephant. “ Today a tragic accident occurred ...

A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on unlawful imprisonment do not apply. Animal rights campaigners acting on ...

A court has decided that since elephants are not people, the habeas corpus rule does not apply, The Associated Press reported. An animal rights group called the Nonhuman Rights Project had been ...

Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state’s highest court ruled this week. Responding to ...

Elephants are regarded as one of the most intelligent animals. A US court has ruled that five elephants, currently being held at a Colorado zoo had no legal right to pursue their release since ...

"It bears noting that the narrow legal question before this court does not turn on our regard for these majestic animals generally or these five elephants specifically. "Instead, the legal ...