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Two large companies say they are pulling back from providing insurance coverage for homes in the U.S. state of California. The companies said increas…
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Forest fires continued to burn in several areas of Canada on Thursday affecting the northeastern United States as well. Thousands of people in Canada…
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Some companies have created artificial intelligence (AI) tools to block abusive comments directed at professional soccer players. The tools are aimed…
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04:57 June 7, 2023
Officials on Wednesday brought drinking water and supplies to areas flooded by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The dam collapse…
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Earth is now considered to be in a “danger zone,” a new study says. An international group of scientists called Earth Commission did the study. It ap…
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03:24 June 7, 2023
Winds are pushing smoke from Canadian wildfires into major cities across the U.S. Midwest and East Coast. The smoke is causing dangerous air quality …
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05:02 June 6, 2023
The many school shootings across the United States have led to demand from schools for advanced technology security systems. A little over one year a…
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03:17 June 6, 2023
A Norwegian woman is trying to become the fastest climber to make it to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains. Kristin Harila has already climb…
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03:53 June 6, 2023
In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than 10 Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces. The students moved the sides of their mo…
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05:40 June 6, 2023
The attack known as D-Day, by Allied soldiers on Nazi German forces who occupied France during World War II, took place on June 6, 1944. The landing …
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07:17 June 5, 2023
International experts and rights activists are condemning a second reduction in food aid to more than one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Th…
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05:31 June 5, 2023
The area in front of Janet and Jeffrey Crouch’s house in Columbia, Maryland, does not look usual for their neighborhood. That is because the Crouches…
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04:10 June 5, 2023
India has launched an official investigation into a train crash that killed at least 275 people and injured about 1,200. Officials said they believe …
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03:42 June 5, 2023
The U.S. military showed video on Monday of what it called an “unsafe” move by a Chinese ship in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend. The Taiwan Strai…
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04:18 June 4, 2023
Italy is proposing to build one of the world's most modern telescopes in an unused mineral mine. Officials hope that the uncommon stillness of the pl…
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05:19 June 4, 2023
A new study suggests about one-third of planets orbiting our galaxy’s most common stars may hold conditions to support life. The study was based on d…
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03:34 June 4, 2023
Rugby is often played in the wealthy areas outside of Zimbabwe’s major cities. Now the sport has moved into poor areas where young women are playing …
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06:05 June 4, 2023
Recent studies say India is soon to be the most populous country in the world, with about 1.4 billion people. More than half of India’s population is…
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04:09 June 3, 2023
The seventh planet from the sun, Uranus, is a world surrounded by mystery. Seen up close just once nearly forty years ago by a passing NASA spacecraf…
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06:13 June 3, 2023
Some kinds of computer chips have gained attention recently because they are used in computers linked to artificial intelligence (AI). Some experts d…
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06:06 June 3, 2023
The American technology company Neuralink has received U.S. government approval to test its brain implant device in humans. The approval came from th…
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04:26 June 2, 2023
Fourteen-year-old Dev Shah has dreamed of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2019. He finally won it Thursday after correctly spelling t…
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04:27 June 2, 2023
The United States is offering ten American lighthouses for new owners. The lighthouses have stood along ocean and lake coasts for generations to help…
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04:52 June 2, 2023
The American space agency NASA is supporting new methods to grow food in space to support astronauts during long missions. NASA recently announced th…
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05:10 June 1, 2023
Brian Keaulana is a Native Hawaiian waterman famous for his understanding of the ocean. He is skilled in the water sport of surfing and in water resc…
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03:55 June 1, 2023
Do you enjoy seafood? A restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, is now serving a meal featuring a 14-legged sea animal called a giant isopod. The treat has qui…
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04:28 June 1, 2023
If time travel was possible, woodworkers from the Middle Ages would be surprised to see their woodworking methods being used to rebuild Notre Dame Ca…
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08:17 May 31, 2023
American colleges and universities are expecting an important decision from the U.S. Supreme Court involving a policy called affirmative action. The …
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06:03 May 31, 2023
China’s growing space program plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials said earlier thi…
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04:19 May 31, 2023
Sweden is getting close to becoming the first “smoke-free” country in the European Union (EU). The country of 10.5 million people has had the lowest …
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05:55 May 31, 2023
North Korea’s attempt to put its first military satellite into orbit failed Wednesday. The unsuccessful launch was a setback for leader Kim Jong Un. …
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06:23 May 30, 2023
A report from a policy group in Washington, D.C., says lawmakers in at least 10 states have proposed easing child labor laws over the last two years.…
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07:02 May 30, 2023
Human rights supporters say Russia under President Vladimir Putin is using online technology to follow, censor, and control the population. Officials…
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03:28 May 30, 2023
South American leaders gathered in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday after an invitation for a meeting from Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. …
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05:11 May 30, 2023
New York City is slowly sinking. With the weight of its tall buildings, streets and people, the city is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimet…
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05:07 May 29, 2023
A recent study says fossil remains of a top meat-eating animal living 250 million years ago, which had only been found in the world’s northern half, …
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06:03 May 29, 2023
Herbs are among the easiest plants you can grow. They only need sunlight, water, and well-draining soil with a neutral pH. You do not even need a gar…
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04:55 May 29, 2023
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) are negotiating new rules for dealing with pandemics. The U.N. health agency's 194 member countries …
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07:54 May 29, 2023
A study by the Associated Press (AP) found that 12 countries may face economic collapse if they fail to repay foreign loans. The countries borrowed a…
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07:10 May 28, 2023
Memorial Day is a national holiday observed in the United States on the last Monday in May. This year, Memorial Day falls on May 29. It is a day when…
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04:05 May 28, 2023
Researchers said recently that sea urchins in Israel’s Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at a concerning rate. A sea urchin is a small sea animal tha…
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03:47 May 28, 2023
A new study has found that more than half of the world’s lakes have shrunk since the 1990s. The study blames the shrinkage on the effects of climate …
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06:19 May 28, 2023
If you love to watch birds, you can call yourself a bird watcher, or you can call yourself something even more interesting — a dinosaur watcher! A ne…
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05:30 May 27, 2023
Musicians, actors, politicians, business leaders, writers, and Nobel Prize winners were among the commencement speakers in 2023. At Howard University…
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06:22 May 27, 2023
Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have raised an age-old summer question for beachgoers — is it safe to go …
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05:15 May 26, 2023
Artist Jasmine Cho paints images of both well-known and forgotten Asian Americans. But she does not use paper or canvas to create her art. She uses c…
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06:09 May 26, 2023
The midwestern U.S. state of Kansas is one of the country’s top grain-producing states. But farmers there are having to kill or plow over their winte…
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06:54 May 25, 2023
Singer Tina Turner, known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” has died at the age of 83. Turner’s representative said she died Wednesday night after a lo…
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05:26 May 25, 2023
The human species, Homo sapiens, developed about 300,000 years ago in Africa. The oldest-known Homo sapien fossils were discovered at a place in Moro…
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05:33 May 25, 2023
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its latest report that extreme weather caused more than 2 million deaths over the past 50 years. …