Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

O ne afternoon in November, just north of the small Oregon coastal town of Yachats, a juvenile humpback whale tumbled ashore. A few hours earlier, local residents had spotted it t

The beaches of Sydney's Royal National Park have been disrupted by a pungent odor. And its source is drawing in more than just seagulls.

A humpback whale, affectionately dubbed "Timmy" by German media, was successfully released into the North Sea on Saturday after months of being stranded in shallow waters off Germany. The whale was first spotted near Germany's Baltic Sea coast on 3 March,