Using satellite imagery, researchers found that four of five observed emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea region experienced ‘catastrophic breeding failure,’ meaning that no chicks born in 2022 are believed to have survived.
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Dozens of Trump supporters cheer him on as former president turns himself in at Georgia jail
It will be the fourth time this year that Trump, the early front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, is booked on criminal charges.
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Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate jumps to 7.23%, highest level since June 2001
It is another blow to would-be homebuyers grappling with rising home prices and a stubbornly low supply of properties on the market.
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Prigozhin’s purported demise seems intended to send a clear message to potential Kremlin foes
While authorities are unlikely to announce the cause of the crash anytime soon, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was seen plummeting from a large cloud of smoke, twisting wildly and missing a wing.
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3 dead, 6 wounded after a retired police officer opens fire at a Southern California biker bar
Six others were taken to the hospital, five of them with gunshot wounds and two in critical condition.
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Trump released on $200,000 bond after surrendering at Atlanta jail, posing for mug shot
After turning himself in on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, he became the first U.S. president to take a mug shot.
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Oklahoma authorities name the BTK killer as the ‘prime suspect’ in at least two unsolved cases
Authorities say they have unearthed some ‘items of interest’ this week near Dennis Rader’s former Kansas property.
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Mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin
But when he turned his men toward Moscow 2 months ago, many started wondering just how long he could last after drawing the fury of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Massachusetts rent control supporters say ballot question is valid as opposition mounts
The ballot question, filed by state Rep. Mike Connolly, a Cambridge Democrat, scraps a portion of state law banning rent control and replaces it with new language allowing municipalities to set the rules for residential evictions, brokers fees, the removal of housing units from the rental housing market, and rents.
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New Hampshire nurse kidnapped in Haiti speaks via video for first time since release
Dorsainvil shared that while she was kidnapped, one gang member told her, ‘Nurse Alix, the people of Duvivier are marching for you,’ about those who lived in the community where she worked.