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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.The Rapa Nui peoples of Easter Island have sculpted statues known as Moai for centuries.These statues are likely familiar to you – giant stone heads with prominent figurative facial features.We will learn all about how the Moai statues were transported by the Rapa Nui on the island to their places of display.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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UPS hires thousands of temporary workers during peak holiday rush seasons. But now, the New York Attorney General's Office alleges the world's largest shipping company doesn't properly pay them.
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A new report from Groundworks Collaborative puts the blame largely on sweeping tariffs. -
By year’s end, Hochul is expected to either approve, amend or veto bills on prison oversight, physician-assisted death and AI. -
In April, PPL's then-president said there were no communications with the state before the budget. However, that executive was included on an email discussing meeting with the state on before the budget was announced.
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Trump has already declared the drug cartels terrorist organizations and ordered military strikes against suspected drug boats. Now he's declaring fentanyl a WMD. Experts on street drugs and fentanyl are skeptical these moves will reduce the supply of fentanyl on America's streets or reduce overdose deaths.
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Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices. -
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual. -
Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps.
