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Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.
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The company is the first to charge for rides in its autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel, dashboard or pedals.
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President Trump waved the green start flag to kick off the 250-mile race in Washington, D.C., the longest street course in IndyCar history.
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Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing about 500,000 DNA sequences, the model identified the initiator in roughly 60% of human genes. The breakthrough could help predict the effects of harmful mutations and eventually contribute to decoding the broader genetic instructions that control gene activity throughout the body.
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A massive analysis involving more than 100 million people has found strong links between recreational drug use and stroke, including among younger adults. Cocaine was associated with nearly double the risk of stroke, amphetamines with more than double the risk, and cannabis with a 37% increase.
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Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Even more intriguingly, the particles left behind reveal the shape of the nuclei that created them, offering a new way to probe both nuclear physics and the Universe’s earliest moments.
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More than a foot of rain could fall across Big Island of Hawaii, according to NOAA.
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President sharply criticises proposal, saying ‘elections right now are a tsunami for the state that will split Ukraine’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said holding elections in Ukraine during wartime would risk splitting the country at a time when Russia is amassing ballistic missiles and considering whether to mobilise an extra 300,000 soldiers. The Ukrainian president, responding for the first time to a demand made by the sacked former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, sharply criticised an idea that he said was impractical given Russia appeared to have no interest in a ceasefire. Continue reading...
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Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, according to his wife, Argelia Aviles. She said her husband, a handyman in Key West, Florida, has a permit to work in the United States.
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Critics include Senator Chris van Hollen, ex-aide to Obama Tommy Vietor and ex-Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger Democrats and other Donald Trump critics reacted incredulously to a New York Times report on Sunday that House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Jared Kushner, the president’s influential son-in-law, to discuss possible areas of collaboration. The reported meeting comes months ahead of the November midterm elections in which Democrats are favored to retake the US House, a development that would make Jeffries speaker. If they are in the majority, Democrats are expected to use their oversight power to aggressively investigate the Trump administration, including self-enrichment by the president and his family. Continue reading...
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Leah Stewart lost her arm in a great white shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week The Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week today, with a series of witnesses expected to give evidence at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court before Judge Glenn Walsh . Continue reading...
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Following their huge win against Manchester United, Hull City assistant head coach Dean Holden joins Gabby Logan, Danny Murphy and Joe Hart in the Match of the Day studio.
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The review of how rates are calculated in England and Wales could lead to reform of the system.
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Grace, 14, feels doctors were dismissive of her pain. She wants others to know the symptoms.
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Nearly 600 practices in England have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last 10 years, as the service heads towards a two-tier system.
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump began the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar race through the streets of Washington, D.C, with a slow lap around the course.
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It comes after Moscow warned of "consequences" over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine.
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Grayson, 32, was found guilty last October of second-degree murder for the shooting of Sonya Massey and was serving a 20-year sentence.
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Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inherited an economy finally starting to emerge from the long shadow of the 2008 global financial crisis. Continue reading...
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Review will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029 The government has promised that business rate valuations will be “made fairer” for pubs and hotels in England and Wales, as Andy Burnham faces growing calls to help the UK’s struggling hospitality sector. An independent review for England and Wales will look at improving the system for hospitality venues, which were hit by higher business rate bills this year after the end of pandemic-era relief and when new revaluations took effect. Continue reading...
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High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.
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Stewart Copeland, best known as the drummer with The Police, teamed up with naturalist Martyn Stewart for "Wild Concerto." Their album combines music with the sounds of animals.
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When Hamas abducted her son Hersh, Rachel Goldberg-Polin became the face of the hostage crisis in Israel. Since his murder, she says she has learned that the constant pain of grief is a "badge of love."
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High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.
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Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri , likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne. Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page . Continue reading...
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Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state A ⁠landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to ⁠collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks. The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the ⁠site and relocate the waste because of the threat it posed, especially during the rainy season, which causes landslides and fatal flash ⁠floods each year in crowded, underdeveloped cities across parts of West Africa. Continue reading...
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Confirmation of the circumstances around Do Ngoc Phuong Thuy's death have only spurred more questions.
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US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like an excited schoolboy. The race was under way – and his conquest of Washington DC was complete. Since returning to Washington, Trump has deployed the national guard, wrecked the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, demolished the East Wing of the White House and run the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the ground. His face adorns the Department of Justice, and he still has grand plans for a triumphal arch worthy of a Roman emperor. Continue reading...
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The US president says he will impose 'crushing measures' on Tehran.
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Yet again, England are dealing with a player involved in a late-night incident. Only strong action will ensure there are no more, writes Stephan Shemilt.
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American driver wins in a dominant performance DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal Kyle Kirkwood gave the Freedom 250 an American winner, racing to his second victory of the IndyCar season on the streets of downtown Washington in a dominant performance Sunday. In a race set up as part of the country’s 250th birthday celebration, President Donald Trump gave drivers the green flag at the start and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal. Kirkwood crossed the finish line in front of the Capitol 3.09 seconds ahead of Christian Lundgaard, after leading for 128 of a possible 147 laps. Continue reading...
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Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa reversed course a day after returning to office, amid widespread criticism, including from members of his own party.
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Letting Kyiv hit launchers in Russia’s border areas could save civilian lives.
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Thirty-five years ago, a nation was reborn. Today it symbolizes freedom and resistance to aggression.
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The failures of the Clinton and Bush administrations in Syria resulted in the deaths of millions of Syrians.
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Administration lawyers didn’t disregard evidence, and the proof is in Haley Van Erem’s disclosure.
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The Ukrainian president repeated his long-held position that elections in the middle of war would tear his country apart.
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She speaks truth to power in Hong Kong at her kangaroo trial.
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The architecture and design school closed by the Nazis is battling a new culture war.
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U.S. help and capital from the diaspora can rebuild the country if the communists fall.
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A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.
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Government can print money, so spending has no consequences. How’d that go during the pandemic?
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We should review the standards and change what doesn’t work. But we must do it with the whole record in front of us.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is returning to her old job after she leaves her post at the end of the month.
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It accuses a think tank of defamation. Yeah, that will help the children.
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Bars in this city with some 160,000 college students are cracking down on patrons with fake IDs to protect their costly liquor licenses.
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Plus, Nvidia enters the race to build AI models, and how to stop your 401(k) from becoming a tax problem.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta also wants Paramount to commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.
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A new rule from Gov. Gavin Newson orders 70% of today’s car tires off the market by 2033.
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President Trump is planning to allow more imported beef into the U.S. for the next 90 days in an effort to lower record-high beef prices.
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War, climate shocks and trade disputes are pounding the world’s breadbaskets and pushing the global food system into dangerous territory.
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Rich Moore helped organize the flow of money to Walter from insurers, arrangements that are now under federal scrutiny.
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Trump’s decision to escalate a tariff brawl with Canada makes no economic or political sense.
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Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.
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One need only look at the current underfunding of public pension plans in California to see how this plays out.
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Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before memory problems begin. In mice, APOE4 increased a protein called Nell2, shrinking neurons and making memory circuits unusually active. That early hyperactivity predicted worse memory later in life. Reducing Nell2 in adult mice reversed the abnormal changes, raising hopes for a new way to intervene before Alzheimer’s progresses.
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An abandoned farm field became a flourishing wildflower meadow within little more than a decade, with plant diversity doubling and thousands of orchids appearing naturally. The discovery suggests that simply giving nature time to recover could be a powerful and inexpensive tool for restoring biodiversity.
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A decades-old compound may point to a new way of treating obesity by making the body burn more energy rather than simply reducing appetite. In mice, TOFA increased energy use by as much as 18%, reduced body fat without significant muscle loss, and improved blood sugar, triglycerides, and fatty liver disease. It also produced stronger results when combined with GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.
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Researchers have found a way to slash the processing time for 3D-printed zirconia crowns from as much as 100 hours to under 30 minutes. The advance could eventually let dentists print strong, customized permanent crowns for patients within a single appointment.
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The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared 100 days ago and is spreading faster than any on record, officials said.
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Even after sunset, there will be little relief, as much of the South is expected to remain above 80 degrees for several nights in a row.
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Scientists have developed an ultrathin coating that could dramatically improve how efficiently heat is transferred during condensation. By turning tiny polymer structures once considered “defects” into places where water droplets can form, then helping those droplets detach quickly, the new surface keeps exposing fresh areas for condensation. In tests on copper tubes, it transferred heat up to 5.5 times more effectively than conventional copper and more than 50% better than a standard water-repelling coating.
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More skilled professionals identify as influencers than ever before. The homes of their clients are part of the sell to followers.
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As wedding spending rises, brides are borrowing from the celebrity-influencer playbook, finding sponsors to pay for invitations, dresses and bachelorette parties
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It is the retailer’s latest attempt to become a fashion destination for more shoppers—and reclaim ground lost to Amazon.
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The Hawk fire has burned over 13,000 acres and is encroaching on the northern part of the city. About 42,000 people are under formal evacuation orders and thousands more have been urged to flee.
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At least six people have been injured and nearly 90,000 were urged to evacuate after the fire broke out this weekend.
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Music in the U.S. has flowed from political upheaval and produced social change, but not always in the ways we might expect.
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Known as Monoman for his love of vintage LPs, he kept the punkish torch burning by leading Lyres, a Boston group that became an institution.
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Ridley Scott returns with post-apocalyptic film ‘The Dog Stars,’ found-footage horror comes to Broadway with ‘Paranormal Activity,’ a posthumous release digs into Prince’s archives, and more.
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It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.
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We’ve seen a string of high-profile mea culpas the past few months. About time.
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A recall has been issued for alfalfa sprouts linked to E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks that are blamed for at least 55 illnesses in 15 states.
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Federal safety regulators said the maker of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief voluntarily recalled the drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility.”
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Before you try to navigate the District for the Freedom 25 Grand Prix, here is everything you need to know about where you can't drive, and where you definitely shouldn't park.
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Those who died were all on e-bikes. Seventeen cyclists have been killed so far this year, and advocate groups said the deaths should be a rallying cry for safety improvements.
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A video appears to show a U.S. Postal Service worker striking a beloved all-white peacock named Sugar in a Pasadena, Calif., neighborhood.
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Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.
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The city is less crowded than Rome and Florence, and has magnificent churches and palaces to see.
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History is being made on the streets of the nation's capital Sunday as the IndyCar Series takes over the National Mall for the first-ever Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
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Travelers flying into or out of the Washington, D.C., area on Sunday should prepare for potential delays.
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A small-engine plane on its way from Fort Myers to the Bahamas crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Boca Raton on Saturday morning.
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Fromm Family Foods is recalling cases of wet dog food over potential metal contamination. It’s at least the second dog food recall announced this month.
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In the year before the actress’s death, she struggled to walk at times and worked to disentangle herself from an ex-boyfriend who had abused her.
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The 68-year-old tourist and his companion were driving through Death Valley National Park on a remote road last week when their car got stuck in mud, officials said.
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An investigation is underway after a teenage girl was pulled from the water near the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Saturday evening and later pronounced dead.
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Here’s when and where to watch FOX LOCAL’s coverage as the DC Freedom 250 Grand Prix takes over the National Mall.
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Kroy Biermann Jr., the 15-year-old son of former Atlanta Falcons player Kroy Biermann and former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak, is facing several felony charges following an incident in Alpharetta.
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Buckcherry’s tour bus was involved in a fatal, multi-vehicle crash on a South Carolina interstate.
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Tesla announced Friday that it is recalling nearly 3 million vehicles, marking the largest automotive recall in the country's history.
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