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Coyote stuns wildlife experts with incredible two-mile swim to Alcatraz

A lone coyote stunned biologists and others by swimming to Alcatraz Island earlier this year

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Why Alcatraz Island was abruptly closed to tourists this week

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Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison

California Governor Gavin Newsom previously said that President Trump’s plans resembled the ‘substance’ surrounding Alcatraz: ‘fog’

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NBC bringing Super Bowl pregame show to Alcatraz Island

The Super Bowl pregame show will be headed to Alcatraz Island

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Coyote scrambles onto Alcatraz Island after perilous, never-before-seen swim

Experts have reacted to a viral video of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island in what is a surprising first for the San Francisco Bay Area.

LiveScience

The New Status Symbol For Silicon Valley Tech Elites? Building Giant Statues

If Ross Calvin, a crypto investor and the founder of Parhelion Digital, gets his way, the U.S. will soon have a new monument. The tech leader is currently working to get permission to build a massive statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island, Bloomberg reports.

Benzinga

Gavin Newsom: Alcatraz Will Reopen the 'Same Day' the Epstein Files Are Released

California Governor Gavin Newsom is not holding his breath for the Trump administration to follow through on reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison.

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Times Square first, Alcatraz Island next? The strange new steps in Saudi boxing saga

Comment: Tonight, a unique boxing event plays out in the heart of New York City. Yet the key question revolves around ‘soul’

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Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh eyes Teofimo Lopez fight in Alcatraz prison

The prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, is now a museum

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Watch peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island live with this amazing NPS webcam feed

The project is a collaboration between the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Advnture

Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz

Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, when many people start to take stock of the marathon day of cooking ahead, Indigenous people from diverse tribes and nations gather at sunrise in San Francisco Bay.

The Conversation

What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history

From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience with ceremonies, dances and speeches

The Independent UK

A Lake Michigan accident paralyzed him 19 years ago. Now he’s swimming from Alcatraz

41-year-old Rob Heitz is planning the 1-to-2-mile swim Friday. Some 19 years after becoming paralyzed following a freak diving accident in Lake Michigan, he is now mostly recovered.

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