Richard Parkinson, founder, and chief executive of deep-sea exploration firm Magellan estimated that the resulting data – including 715,000 images – is 10 times larger than any underwater 3D model ever attempted before.
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White House expected to withdraw federal appeals court nomination, in judicial defeat for Biden
Michael Delaney would be the first of Biden’s judicial nominees to fail due to a clear lack of support from the full Senate.
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8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody as agency seeks to ease crowding
Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez and her family were being held at a Texas station, one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings, officials said.
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Supreme Court rules for Google, Twitter over liability for content posted by users
The families of victims in both attacks asserted that the internet giants did not do enough to prevent their platforms from being used by extremist groups to radicalize and recruit people.
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Russia fires 30 missiles at targets; Ukraine says 29 shot down
Amid the intensified air assaults, China said its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks in Kyiv earlier this week.
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Florida’s St. George Island beach named nation’s best in annual ranking
Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod was the only New England beach to make the top 10 list.
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Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.
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Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip
The season’s first wave of climbers reached the summit over the weekend as Sherpa guides fixed ropes and made paths for the hundreds who will attempt to scale the peak over the remaining days of May.
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Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights
A TikTok spokesperson argued that Montana’s law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights and is unlawful.
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Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow
There is growing concern that a proliferation of wind turbines to feed the demand for renewable energy is jeopardizing golden eagle populations.