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    With deer populations at historic highs, some states are incentivizing hunters to shoot does to help manage forest health and disease.

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    Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that there are “big announcements” to come on Monday regarding beef processing.

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We take a balanced look at the cultural conversations defining our time, stripping away the noise to help you understand the core arguments and their broader societal implications.

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Kalshi handed down its first-ever lifetime ban, hitting former Rep. George Santos with the penalty after an insider-trading investigation.
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George Santos receives Kalshi’s first lifetime ban as insider-trading cases mount


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  • As glaciers melt, glacial lakes grow, increasing the risk of flooding like thousands saw in Nepal last week.
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    17 hrs ago
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    After Nepal’s disaster, scientists are watching a growing threat in glacial lakes

  • Vince Chandler/The Denver Post
    20 hrs ago
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    Study raises new questions about medical cannabis and workplace attendance

  • NASA launched its $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, sending a new wide-angle observatory into space to study some of the universe’s biggest unknowns.
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    22 hrs ago
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    NASA turns old spy tech into a new window on the universe

  • Wana News Agency via Reuters, Craig Sanderson via AP
    22 hrs ago
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    US, Iran trade attacks after months-long lull; Deadly flooding hits Grand Canyon

  • No injuries or deaths have been reported, but a larger eruption is possible after Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted on Monday. 
    Badan Geologi via AP
    23 hrs ago
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    Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupts, coats villages in ash as a larger eruption remains possible

  • The death toll from last week's catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet has now topped 900, with more than 4,700 people still missing.
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    23 hrs ago
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    Nepal-Tibet flood death toll tops 900 as mass burials begin, more than 4,700 missing

  • The National Park Service is asking for help locating at least 20 missing people in the Grand Canyon.
    Parth Desai via AP
    Sunday
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    Deadly flooding sweeps though Grand Canyon, hikers airlifted to safety

  • At least seven people are dead, and 23 unaccounted for, after a boat carrying 267 people from northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized on Sunday.
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    Sunday
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    Eight dead after boat carrying 267 capsizes off northern Cyprus

  • Old industrial towns across the U.S. are leveraging the $887B recreation economy to replace lost factory and manufacturing jobs along trails.
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    Sunday
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    How hike-and-bike trails offer a second act for lost factory towns

  • As rescue efforts continue in Nepal following devastating floods, the death toll has risen to 675, with 2,498 people missing, according to Nepal’s Disaster Management Authority.
    AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
    Saturday
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    Official asks for assistance preserving bodies as number of deaths in Nepal floods rises

  • King Harald V of Norway has died at 89 after more than three decades on the throne. Norway’s royal palace said Harald died Friday morning at a hospital in Oslo. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, succeeds him as King Haakon VIII.
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    Friday
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    King Harald V, who helped modernize Norway’s monarchy, dies at 89

  • Nepal and China temporarily suspended search and rescue efforts on Friday over a new flood threat along the Himalayan border.
    The Yomiuri Shimbun
    Friday
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    Hundreds feared dead as new flood threat stalls rescue efforts in Nepal, Tibet

  • China Daily via Reuters, Jose Bula Urrutia/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    Friday
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    Nepal halts rescues over new flood threat; US eyes massive Venezuela oil deal

  • The moon nearly disappeared into Earth’s shadow overnight, leaving only a thin bright edge as a deep partial lunar eclipse unfolded across the Americas, Africa and parts of Europe.
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    Friday
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    Skywatchers get a dramatic look at a moon almost fully eclipsed

  • To stop Big Tech from destroying physical books, one independent bookseller is using AI to build a global inventory database.
    Antranik Tavitian for Straight Arrow
    Friday
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    The bookseller using AI to battle back against Big Tech’s digitize-and-destroy campaign 

  • Meta just paid $18B to fix teen addiction on its apps. In Australia, a similar ban didn't stop 8 in 10 kids from logging back on.
    Matt Cardy/Getty Images
    Thursday
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    Meta will cap teens at two hours a day. Teens might not listen

  • Mysterious illnesses are popping up in people after moving to a new home, sparking belief it's from mold. Doctors are worried people are following junk science.
    Douglas R. Clifford/ Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Press Wire
    Thursday
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    Homebuilders taxed by ‘toxic mold syndrome’ lawsuits despite diagnosis doubts

  • A fake “Rushtok” influencer project created by a venture fund prompts the question - does it even matter?
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    Thursday
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    Audiences love this ‘Bama Rush’ influencer — does it matter if she’s AI?

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    Thursday
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    Nepal floods leave 1,300 missing; Why CIA director secretly traveled to Moscow

  • The search for hundreds of missing people continues Thursday morning after a wall of water and mud tore through communities along the Nepal-China border.
    Prabin RANABHAT / AFP via Getty Images
    Thursday
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    Nepal floods kill at least 273, more than 1,300 still missing

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    Wednesday
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    State fairs, celebrations of local artistry, are drowning in AI-generated art

  • A tribe says federal agents and contractors trespassed on their land while conducting border wall work this week. But could they be there?
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    Wednesday
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    Tohono O’odham Nation says federal agents trespassed. What rights does it have to stop them?

  • In a landmark settlement Wednesday with 48 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Meta agreed to pay as much as $17.1 billion in penalties and redesign its social media platforms to make them less addictive to minors.
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    Wednesday
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    Meta agrees to $17.1 billion settlement, platform changes in social media addiction case

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    Wednesday
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    Tim Curry, known for ‘It’ and ‘Rocky Horror,’ dies at 80

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