Over 1,300 U.S. school shootings between 2000 and June 2022 killed 377 people and wounded 1,025.
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A 5,000-mile seaweed belt headed toward Caribbean, Florida, Yucatan beaches
Once it washes ashore, sargassum releasing a pungent smell as it decays.
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Earthquake in Pakistan, Afghanistan kills at least 13, injures scores
The quake strikes 116 miles below the Earth’s surface, causing it to be felt over a wide area.
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Two escape jail, found hours later at IHOP
The men used tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object to access rebars between the walls, officials say.
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A quarter of the world’s population lacks safe drinking water, UN says
With agriculture using 70% of all water globally, an expert says, irrigation for crops has to be more efficient – as it is in some countries that now use drip irrigation, which saves water.
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Eight dolphins dead after stranding in New Jersey
The dolphins have been taken to the New Jersey State Lab for necropsies to try to help biologists understand why the mammals stranded on a beach.
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Vote on Biden’s pick to run FAA delayed amid Republican opposition
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board is examining six recent close calls between planes.
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Virginia Zeani, renowned and versatile opera diva, dies at 97
Her specialty was the role of Violetta in Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’ which she sang more than 600 times after her first performance in 1948 in Bologna, most of them at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala.
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What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
Scientists find a genetic risk for liver disease, plus a liver-damaging hepatitis B infection in the last months of his life.
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Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75
Shelly took over as president on the vast reservation in January 2011 after serving one term as the tribe’s vice president.