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Officials announce aggressive plan to eradicate yellow-legged creatures: 'Intense surveillance and trapping'

Yellow-legged hornets are voracious predators of honeybees and other pollinators. One hornet can kill dozens of bees every ...
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Community mourns loss of national park icons following 'devastating' discovery: 'Each one is known and valued'

Free-roaming ponies at the New Forest National Park in England had better start looking both ways before crossing the road.
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Photographer stunned after developing photos from camera found at thrift store: 'So bizarre'

The first two photos show a snowy parking lot and fence that the Redditor suspected might be from Colorado in the early 2000s ...
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Officials issue urgent warning as millions face resurgence of 'biblical' infections, parasites: 'These are the neglected diseases'

Public health experts have warned that treatable, neglected diseases nearly eradicated in Africa are resurging.
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Officials rush to take legal action as Google data center drains major water source: 'Really bad effects down the line'

Officials in Virginia have been exploring legislative options to limit the strain that Google's data centers put on local ...
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Farmers sound alarm as rare weather phenomenon threatens staple crops: 'It's an all-hands-on-deck deal'

A brutal freeze gripped Florida over the weekend, forcing fruit and berry growers into all-night efforts to save their ...
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Former US officials warn of impending 'widespread collapse of American agriculture': 'Our farmers and ranchers … can't compete with the world'

A bipartisan group of agriculture industry leaders has called upon the Trump administration and Congress to reverse course on ...
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Researchers uncover alarming symptoms in people exposed to common handheld devices: '[A] chemical cocktail'

The research team noted that previous findings have indicated that terpene flavoring chemicals in vape pollution can react ...
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Experts raise suspicions about Elon Musk's underground tunneling project: 'A 99% chance they'll wind up in real trouble'

Broadly, the outlet observed that the entire planned project proved "baffling to people in the tunneling business" and ...
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Judge strikes down officials' 5th attempt at halting crucial projects in major US region: 'Big win for … families and our future'

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the current administration to stop construction of a multi-billion-dollar wind farm ...
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Officials propose complete ban on common personal care product linked to alarming side effects: 'Most people don't realize'

Illinois' lawmakers are drafting legislation that would prohibit cosmetics and toiletries containing plastic-based glitter.
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Sports fan shares video of upsetting sighting on TV broadcast: 'It's grown more vile than you realize'

On Tap Sports Net reported that shift as well. Since MLB allowed sponsorships on uniforms in 2023, fans have noticed logos and branding everywhere. Although revenue for the league has skyrocketed, ...