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France Notre Dame Fire Resurrecting the Roof

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Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages

by JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors.

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California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires

by TERRY CHEA Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Grazing goats are in high demand to devour wild grass and shrubs that are proliferating across California after a drought-busting winter of heavy rain and snow.

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Elizabeth Holmes in Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for blood-testing hoax

by MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

The disgraced Theranos CEO was convicted of 4 felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022.

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Debt limit deal heads to vote in full House while McCarthy scrambles for Republican approval

by LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

The hard-fought measure is now headed to a House vote Wednesday.

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Russia says drones lightly damage Moscow buildings before dawn, while Ukraine’s capital bombarded

by SUSIE BLANN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Ukraine made no immediate comment on the attack, which would be one of its deepest and most daring strikes into Russia.

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Nine people shot and injured on Broadwalk in Hollywood, Florida

by Victoria Ballard and Susannah Bryan Tribune News Service May 30, 2023

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Near the end of the Memorial Day weekend, nine people were shot and injured a shooting on the Broadwalk in Hollywood, a police spokesperson said. A dispute between two groups ended in gunfire about 6:45 p.m. Monday, said spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi. One suspect was in custody, and police were searching for a […]

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