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Trump has been in a lawsuit because apparently he has been accused of fraud.Which i believe is a lie because i don't think he would do that.The reason i like this article is because they side with Trump and that is the side i am on.

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Coffee is in danger. Starbucks is working on solutions

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Coffee is in danger. Starbucks is working on solutions

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Coffee, especially arabica coffee, is a delicate crop that is greatly affected by climate change. The Inter-American Development Bank states that coffee crops require specific temperature, light, and humidity levels to grow properly. Currently, these conditions are mostly found in certain parts of Latin America, known as the coffee belt. However, the bank warns that by 2050, rising temperatures could decrease the suitable area for coffee cultivation by up to 50%. On the other hand, some countries may become suitable for coffee production due to the changing climate. With bad news and some good news coffee could become scarce and its a popular and used by millions of people people should be aware of climate change and how it can effect crops and other goods.

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Coffee is in danger. Starbucks is working on solutions | CNN Business

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Climate change poses a big risk to coffee. So Starbucks is developing new varietals that will hold up better on a warming planet.

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Australia’s Kaylee McKeown makes swimming history as she breaks 50m backstroke world record

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Australia’s Kaylee McKeown makes swimming history as she breaks 50m backstroke world record

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Kaylee McKeown, the Australian swimmer, has made history by breaking the women's 50m backstroke world record on Friday. She is now the first person to hold the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke world records simultaneously. McKeown achieved this feat by finishing the race in 26.86 seconds at the World Cup event held in Budapest, Hungary's Duna Arena. This time beat the previous record of 26.98 seconds set by China's Liu Xiang in 2018. This is McKeown's third world record of the year and completes a hat trick of backstroke records for the 22-year-old.People should know of this feat swimming doesn't get enough attention apposed to other sports.

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Australia's Kaylee McKeown broke the women's 50m backstroke world record on Friday to become the first person to simultaneously hold the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke world records.

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Nitrogen Gas executions could o horribly wrong

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Nitrogen Gas executions could o horribly wrong

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Nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized as an execution method in three states Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi but none have used it. i feel that theres better ways to do the death penalty.
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Alabama is in line to become the first state to execute an inmate by making him breathe pure nitrogen, but death penalty experts have told Newsweek that the state's protocol is "sloppy" and labeled it "short on details, and long on hope."

Nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized as an execution method in three states-Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi-but none have ever used the method to carry out a death sentence. That could change if Alabama is allowed to use nitrogen gas to execute Kenneth Smith -a man who was subjected to a botched lethal injection last year.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall in August asked the Alabama Supreme Court to set an execution date for Smith using nitrogen hypoxia as the method. Smith, 58, was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire killing of Elizabeth Sennett.

The attorney general's office included a redacted copy of its nitrogen hypoxia protocol in a court filing that asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Smith. The suit, seeking to block the state's latest attempt to execute Smith by lethal injection, argued that nitrogen hypoxia should be available. An attorney for Smith declined to comment.

Nitrogen makes up 78 percent of the air that people breathe and the gas is harmless when inhaled with proper oxygen levels. But under the proposed nitrogen hypoxia method, an inmate would be forced to breathe only nitrogen, meaning they would be deprived of oxygen and die.

Proponents argue the method would be painless, but opponents have decried it as human experimentation.

What does the protocol say?

According to the protocol described in the redacted court filing, the condemned inmate is escorted to the execution chamber and placed on a gurney. A pulse oximeter is secured on the inmate and a mask fitted over their face.

After the warden reads the death warrant and gives the inmate a chance to give a final statement, execution team members would then make a final inspection of the mask and the warden, from another room, would "activate the nitrogen hypoxia system."

Nitrogen gas "will be administered for 15 minutes or five minutes following a flatline indication on the EKG, whichever is longer," the protocol says.

Alabama's report is the first time any state has made a nitrogen hypoxia protocol public, said Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert and professor at Fordham Law School.

"Yet, at no time does Alabama ever state, step-by-step, how such a nitrogen hypoxia execution shall proceed," Denno told Newsweek. "The reader only deduces the procedure that executioners will use by way of heavily redacted depictions of what will occur."

Unlike lethal injection and electrocution, which have been used in executions for decades, experts can "only speculate about how a state might conduct a nitrogen hypoxia execution," Denno said. "This is a vague, sloppy, dangerous, and unjustifiably deficient protocol made all the more incomprehensible by heavy redaction in the most important places."

What could go wrong?

Like lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia "impersonates a medical act, but it is nothing of the sort," Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology at Emory University and an expert on lethal injections, told Newsweek. "Pure nitrogen gas has no therapeutic purpose and is an odorless, colorless gas that does not fuel bodily functions. If anyone breathes it, they could die."

According to Zivot, because nitrogen is not an intoxicant, but an asphyxiant, it is "even worse than lethal injection."

"This is akin to death by being ejected into the vacuum of space," he said.

He criticized Alabama's proposed protocol as "short on details, and long on hope."

Execution by nitrogen hypoxia "is the functional equivalent of placing a pillow over someone's face and slowly suffocating him," said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.

"No state in the country has ever used this method, so no one knows how long the process will take, what risks there will be for prison staff, or what pain and suffering Mr. Smith will experience before he suffocates to death. There are simply too many unanswered questions about this protocol and too many ways it could all go wrong."

Robert Dunham, the director of the Death Penalty Policy Project and an adjunct professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, said Alabama "seems to value secrecy more than public oversight that could make the process less dangerous."

He told Newsweek: "No one knows for certain whether nitrogen hypoxia executions will work the way its proponents hope it will; whether the gas will be properly and safely delivered from the nitrogen cylinders to the death mask; whether death will be quick or prolonged; whether unsafe levels of gas will leak into the execution chamber or the viewing areas and endanger execution personnel and witnesses, and whether the prisoner's body will retain dangerous levels of the gas that could pose health risks to those conducting the autopsy.

He added: "It's not just Kenneth Smith who is a guinea pig. It's the execution personnel, too."

What do proponents say?

Alabama lawmakers approved nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method in 2018, amid difficulty obtaining the drugs needed for lethal injections and litigation challenging lethal injection.

"It's readily available. It's 78% of the air we breathe, and it will be a lot more humane to carry out a death sentence," Trip Pittman, the former Alabama state senator who proposed the new execution method, told The Associated Press.

Pittman said the inmate will pass out, like aircraft passengers do when a plane depressurizes, and then die.

He also hit back at criticism that the method is experimental, saying that although no state has carried out a death sentence with nitrogen, people have died by breathing nitrogen during industrial accidents and suicide attempts, so the effects are known.

Alabama's history of botched executions

Dunham and Maher also criticized Alabama for wanting to execute Smith with an unprecedented method when it has a history of botched and flawed executions.

The heavy redactions in the nitrogen hypoxia protocol mean the public are left to trust a state that "botched its last three execution attempts and denied that anything went wrong," Dunham said.

Alabama tried to execute Smith by lethal injection in November last year, but called it off after officials couldn't find a suitable vein in which to inject the drugs before a midnight deadline. The ordeal "caused him great physical pain and mental trauma," his wife told Newsweek at the time.

It came after Alan Miller's execution was called off in September 2022 because of difficulty accessing his veins. Advocacy groups say the execution of Joe James Jr. in July last year, which took place after a 3-hour delay because of issues establishing an IV line, was also botched.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a pause on executions to conduct an internal review of lethal injection procedures a day after Smith's aborted execution. The state resumed lethal injections in July.

"Alabama botched three successive executions in 2022," Maher said. "Why isn't the state focused on trying to understand what went wrong and why, instead of experimenting with a new and unproven method of execution?"

Newsweek has contacted Ivey's office and the Alabama Department of Corrections for comment via email.

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Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute an inmate by making him breathe pure nitrogen.

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Mississippi hunters capture longest alligator in state history

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A group of hunters in Mississippi caught the longest alligator ever caught. It was 14 feet and 3 inches and it weighed over 800 pounds. The hunters broke the record for the longest alligator ever caught! I liked reading this article because it was very interesting and it was very cool to see that this group of people caught a huge alligator! I think people should read this because I think that other people would also find it interesting and I think people might enjoy reading and hearing about amazing things like this!
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A group of Mississippi hunters have broken the state record for the longest alligator ever captured in the state with a 14-foot-3-inch reptile weighing just over 800 pounds.

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Long-lost shipwreck from 1880s discovered in Lake Michigan, says historical society

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Long-lost shipwreck from 1880s discovered in Lake Michigan, says historical society

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A ship that's been missing since the 1880s was discovered in Lake Michigan. Also referred to as a "schooner Trinidad," responsible for the trade and transportation of coal or iron from New York to the Midwest. The schooner Trinidad was last seen on May 11, 1881, after an intense vessel caused the ship to sink alongside its ship mascot. Since then, the discovery of the long-lost ship has been heavily praised in the historical society. Still, historians have said that a "number of shipwrecks [are] still left undiscovered in Wisconsin waters," indicating there is more to unravel within its waters.

Overall, this article is fascinating! It piqued my interest for the sole purpose of its discovery. I found it interesting how the schooner Trinidad was used and how remarkable it is for historians to have recently discovered it. But it also made me curious about what else is yet to be discovered. Whether that's Wisconsin waters or, generally speaking, everywhere. People should read this to learn more about our history and how society functioned before our times.

- Abby H.

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Long-lost shipwreck from 1880s discovered in Lake Michigan, says historical society | CNN

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A ship missing since the late 1800s has been discovered in Lake Michigan, the Wisconsin Historical Society said Friday.

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Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year

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Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin has been notoriously known for his country's absence to avoid the charges placed against him. Ever since his return, he has been given a sentence of eight years for corruption and abuse of power. However, with accusations about his sentencing possibly being a political motive and with his recent health issues, people have begun to question whether his sentencing should be reduced. Surprisingly enough, the King of Thailand struck a deal with Thaksin, reducing his prison sentence to one year. Even with this, Thaksin continues to struggle with influencing his political party.

I enjoyed reading this article since it informed me about the ongoing situations happening worldwide, particularly with what's happening in Thailand. Therefore, it would benefit my peers, too, since they're also becoming more aware and informed of current events by acknowledging this news article.
- Abby H.

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And it did that. Hours after he arrived, a new coalition government, led by Pheu Thai, voted its candidate Srettha Thavisin as the new PM. The coalition includes Mr Thaksin's former military rivals who deposed his party in 2014 in a coup.

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Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year

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After years in exile, Mr Thaksin returned home in August and was jailed for graft and abuse of power.

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40 Year Old Intoxicated Driver Sent To Prison For Manslaughter

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40 Year Old Intoxicated Driver Sent To Prison For Manslaughter

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This story is about how a 21 year old woman left dead after being struck by a drunk driver while on the side of the road after a tire blowout. The 40 year old received a light sentence for the crime he commited. If you want to read an interesting story look here.

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A 40-year-old Donna man has been sentenced to two years in prison for driving drunk and hitting and killing a 21-year-old woman whose tire had a blowout on Interstate 2.

Victor Manuel Carrillo pleaded guilty last Friday to intoxication manslaughter, according to court records.

Carrillo will get credit for the year-and-a-half he has spent in the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center awaiting the resolution of his case.

The crash happened on Oct. 23, 2021 and killed Isabel Maria Monjaraz.

A probable cause affidavit for his arrest said the crash happened at around 8:50 p.m. that day on the highway in Weslaco. That document noted that Carrillo stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

Monjaraz's tire blew out while she was in the center lane of the highway.

"The female was outside of her vehicle on the road and then was struck by the vehicle driven by Victor," the affidavit stated.

Carrillo, who agreed to a blood draw, also agreed to speak with investigators.

"While speaking with Victor and being in a closed room within arm's reach from him, I started to smell a distinct odor of alcohol emitting from him," the affidavit stated. "Victor told me earlier in the day he was on a roof working in the sun."

He admitted to drinking two 24-ounce Bud Lights.

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A 40-year-old Donna man has been sentenced to two years in prison for driving drunk and hitting and killing a 21-year-old woman whose tire had a blowout on Interstate 2.

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few people know that the political fallout that followed affected Oppenheimer's personal life so deeply that he spent many of his remaining days effectively hiding out on the tiny, remote island of St John in the US Virgin Islands.

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St John: The tiny island where Robert Oppenheimer escaped his legacy

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Hurricane Idalia is expected to hit Florida as a Category 4 storm as officials warn of 'potential for death and catastrophic devastation' | CNN

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Hurricane Idalia could hit Florida's west coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center warned as Idalia continued to intensify and churn toward the state late Tuesday.

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She stared off forgetting things and having pain but soon to realize she had a live worm living in her brain.The worm was found alive and was around 3 inches. This has never happened before. The doctors believed she consumed a worms egg based on where she lives at. They also stated that this wont be the last case they're gonna have to deal with.

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Infectious disease expert Sanjaya Senanayake was working the wards in Canberra Hospital in Australia that day when he got a call from his neurosurgical colleagues.

He did not expect the news that came next.

The 3-inch-long Ophidascaris robertsi is a roundworm that is usually found in pythons. It is the first time the parasite had been identified in a human being.

"It's not meant to develop in her. It's meant to develop in small mammals and marsupials. So she was an accidental host," Senanayake said. The parasite had made its way through the woman's lungs and liver and had finally arrived in her brain, he said.

Bandi and Senanayake are among the authors of an article that describes the case in the latest edition of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Senanayake said the patient lived near a lake that was also home to carpet pythons. And while she had come in no direct contact with snakes, she often collected native vegetation from around the lake to use in cooking.

That led doctors to believe she may have unknowingly consumed the worm's eggs because of contamination.

The larvae are known to survive for a long time in animal hosts, researchers said, warning of more cases' popping up among humans.

"We've had 30 new infections in the last 30 years appear in the world," Senanayake said, adding that almost three-quarters of them jump from the animal population.

It is a result of what he described as human encroachment on natural animal habitat.

"We will see more of these types of infections," he added.

CORRECTION (Aug. 29, 2023, 11:01 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated how doctors think the patient ingested the parasite. It was by unknowingly consuming worm eggs, not python eggs.

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Live worm plucked from woman's brain in Australia, a world first

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A Utah woman who ran a popular parenting advice YouTube channel is facing child abuse charges after her malnourished son escaped from home, officials said.

Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Nan Hildebrandt were arrested in Ivins, Utah this week.

Officials also found Ms Franke's 10-year-old daughter in a malnourished condition at her partner's house.

Both women were charged with six counts of child abuse on Friday.

The BBC has contacted Ms Franke and Ms Hildebrandt for comment.

Police say Ms Franke's 12-year-old son climbed out of the window and ran to a neighbour's house to ask for food and water.

"The calling party [the neighbour] stated the juvenile appeared to be emaciated and malnourished, with open wounds and duct tape around the extremities," according to a statement from the Santa-Clara Ivins Public Safety Department.

"Upon arrival, law enforcement observed the wounds and the malnourishment of [the boy] to be severe," the department said.

The boy had to be taken to the hospital "due to his deep lacerations from being tied up with rope and from his malnourishment".

Ms Franke's 10-year-old daughter was also taken to the hospital.

Officials later obtained a search warrant in connection with the incident, and in total, four children were taken into the care of family and child services, according to the statement.

On Friday, Washington County officials in Utah formally charged Ms Franke and Ms Hildebrandt.

The charges stem from the alleged abuse of two children in three different ways: physical abuse, malnutrition and severe emotional harm.

Each count carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $10,000 (£7,940), Washington County officials said.

Ms Franke, 41, became YouTube famous in 2015 for her channel called 8 Passengers that discussed parenting of her six children.

The channel gained over 2 million subscribers before it was deactivated earlier this year.

The vlogger has faced a backlash in the past for her strict parenting measures described on the channel, including her son claiming he slept on a bean bag for several months as punishment and Ms Franke describing withholding meals as another disciplinary measure.

The bean bag incident led some viewers to call local child protective services, though Ms Franke claimed to Insider the incident had been taken out of context.

She has also appeared in YouTube videos posted by Ms Hildebrandt - a counsellor and life coach - on her site, ConneXions Classroom.

In one such video posted on 10 May 2022, Ms Franke described herself as Ms Hildebrandt's "side-kick" and questioned why so many children were suffering from depression.

"I never expected my second-grader to come home and say so-and-so has anxiety and so-and-so has depression," she said. "Something is off. This isn't right."

In a second video - entitled "guiding children to truth" - Ms Hildebrandt called on mothers "to understand that principles are necessary" for children to have a "calm and peaceful" life.

According to a report in the Salt Lake Tribune, Ms Hildebrandt was put on probation for 18 months and nearly lost her licence to be a pornography-addiction therapist after publicly discussing a patient without his permission.

Ms Franke's eldest daughter Shari Franke shared a post on Instagram after her mother's arrest, saying that she and her family "are so glad justice is being served", US media reported.

"We've been trying to tell the police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they finally decided to step up," she reportedly said.

Ms Franke has requested an attorney and did not speak to officers, according to the Associated Press. That attorney had not publicly been identified on Thursday.

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The Utah vlogger's malnourished son escaped to her neighbour's home to seek help, police say.

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A social media influencer and her mother have been jailed for the "cold-blooded" murder of two men who died when their car was rammed off the road. This is crazy because I didn't know this happen, and to the peers. People are crazy.

-Noelani Garza

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TikToker Mahek Bukhari and mum jailed for life for crash murders

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Social media influencer Mahek Bukhari and mum Ansreen are jailed for at least 31 and 26 years.

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Shock after popular bear shot dead in Italian town

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The bear, named Amarena, was filmed earlier this week roaming around the town of San Sebastiano Dei Marsi with her two cubs.

Local governor Marco Marsilio said no bear in the Abruzzo region had ever threatened residents with any danger.

However, earlier this year a jogger was killed by a bear in the Alps.

There was widespread shock in Abruzzo that Amarena had been killed. The bear was well known in the area and named after a variety of black cherry that she was particularly fond of.

The governor said on social media that the killing was incomprehensible and was a "very grave act against the whole Abruzzo region which leaves pain and anger".
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A popular female bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear.

The bear, named Amarena, was filmed earlier this week roaming around the town of San Sebastiano Dei Marsi with her two cubs.

Local governor Marco Marsilio said no bear in the Abruzzo region had ever threatened residents with any danger.

However, earlier this year a jogger was killed by a bear in the Alps.

There was widespread shock in Abruzzo that Amarena had been killed. The bear was well known in the area and named after a variety of black cherry that she was particularly fond of.

The governor said on social media that the killing was incomprehensible and was a "very grave act against the whole Abruzzo region which leaves pain and anger".

Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto spoke of a "very serious episode" and said everything possible had to be done to ensure her two cubs were protected and remained free.

Amarena was one of about 60 critically endangered Marsican bears that live in the Abruzzo National Park and are native to central Italy.

The national park posted a graphic image of the bear lying dead on the ground and said in a statement that she had been hit by gunfire outside the park, on the outskirts of San Sebastiano dei Marsi.

Park rangers had quickly intervened, it said, because the cubs were there but vets were only able to confirm that the bear had died.

Although Amarena had caused damage in the past to crops and livestock, there was no justification for the attack, it said: "[Amarena] had never created any kind of problem for humans."

The man who killed the animal was identified and questioned by local police.

"I shot out of fear, but I didn't want to kill. I found her inside my property and it was an impulsive, instinctive act," he was quoted as saying by Ansa news agency.

Park director Luciano Sammarone told Ansa that the bear had crossed a private fence, but people should reserve judgement until it was established what had happened. "However, I'm struggling to believe this was a matter of self-defence."

"Amarena was a symbol of the park," said Piero Genovesi, head of Italy's wildlife service Ispra. "Everybody loved her. She was so frequently observed; she was never aggressive."

There had been some concern locally that the video which emerged on social media of Amarena and her two cubs on Tuesday had led to an influx of sightseers keen to get a glimpse of the bears.

In the footage, people in San Sebastiano Dei Marsi look on from a distance as the mother is seen walking through the town, waiting for her cubs and then moving down some steps away from the small crowd.

The two bear cubs have not yet been found and dozens of park rangers and police are trying to find them.

Mr Genovesi told the BBC that the cubs were only seven months old and it was important for them to be remain in nature "because bears have a tendency to become very rapidly used to humans".

There was no danger to people from the cubs, but there was a danger to the cubs, he explained, as they could already be too used to eating food made by humans.

Another of her cubs, named Juan Carrito, died in January after being hit by a car. He too was popular with locals, despite breaking into a bakery and eating a freshly baked batch of biscuits in 2021.

Animal protection organisation Oipa complained that Amarena was yet another victim of individuals allowed to carry weapons, but also of the climate of hatred towards large carnivores stirred up by some of Italy's political leaders.

The shock surrounding the latest death is very different from the events of last April, when Andrea Papi, 26, was fatally attacked in the north-eastern region of Trentino-Adige.

The bear blamed for killing him in the foothills of the Alps last spring was identified as JJ4 and the product of a programme to repopulate the area with bears from Slovenia.

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James Webb Telescope Reveals New Structures in Stunning Supernova

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James Webb Telescope Reveals New Structures in Stunning Supernova

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed never before seen structures in a stunning supernova. The iconic remnant of the supernova, known as SN 1987A, is located around 168,000 light-years away in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way known as the Large Magellanic Cloud.  For the past four decades, SN 1987A has been the subject of intense observations at wavelengths ranging from gamma rays to radio waves.-Tristan B

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the blobfish are only ugly because of the lack of pressure. in their natural habitat they feel around 106 bars of pressure. when they get pulled to the surface they blow up because they no longer feel that pressure.

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Three hanged for Iraq bombing that killed more than 300 people

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The bomb exploded as people were enjoying a night out during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

It was the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. The Islamic State group isis has admitted carrying out the attack.

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IS., a Sunni Muslim group, once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from eastern Iraq to western Syria and imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.

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Three hanged for Iraq bombing that killed more than 300 people

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The 2016 attack on a shopping centre in Baghdad was the worst since the US-led invasion in 2003.

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New York Jets New QB Potentially Historic Year One With The Team

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New York Jets New QB Potentially Historic Year One With The Team

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Ahead of the upcoming NFL season things are looking bright for the New York Jets and their new Quarterback Aaron Rodgers. This story is pretty interesting because it discusses a mile stone that he is nearing that would make him the 5th to ever accomplish this achievement in NFL history,and he is on pace to be the fastest to ever accomplish this achievement. If you are interested football a recommend looking into this article.
-Tristan L

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With a new year comes a new opportunity for several players to reach significant benchmarks in their careers.

Some accolades go to show where their early success has put them on a pace to finish their careers, while others look to check specific boxes that could solidify who they were as a player. And some of these totals may be thanks to the current league benchmarks in the NFL.

Regardless, milestones are milestones, and one player to look out for this season is none other than Aaron Rodgers.

The biggest milestone up for grabs is for the center of attention this offseason, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers is just 25 touchdowns away from surpassing 500 in his career, which would make him the 5th quarterback to ever reach the 500 club, with Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, and Brett Favre amongst the group.

Since Rogers has surpassed 25 touchdowns in every season he's played more than 9 games, it's safe to assume he'll reach the benchmark. But going off of his per-game average, he is expected to reach this total in 242 career games, which would be the fastest in NFL history.

So, for a deeper look, here is how Rodgers' numbers would look if he threw for at least 25 scores this upcoming year.

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Aaron Rodgers

G - 242

Completions - 5,181

Attempts - 7,936

Yards - 63,774

TDs - 500

INTs - 109

If he continues at this pace, he would also have by far the lowest interception rate of the group at 1.4%, and he is continuing to climb the list of other volume statistics for his career, while not hurting his per-game numbers.

With Rodgers taking the pay cut ahead of his two remaining years, thus taking a cap hit of just $8.8 million this year and $17.1 million next year, another restructuring would need to be done for the Jets to still be in a position to win in 2025.

But if A-Rod continues to play at the level he has, he could start to close in on Tom Brady's career stats with the weapons around him in New York already.

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How Aaron Rodgers Could Make Year One In New York Historic

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With a new year comes new opportunities for several players to reach benchmarks in their careers, and Aaron Rodgers has an opportunity to do just that in 2023.

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An inmate was killed in a stabbing at Fulton County Jail. It’s the jail’s fifth death since the end of July | CNN

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A detainee was killed and four other inmates injured in a mass stabbing at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, according to the Fulton County Sheriff.

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Seizes more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine

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They were trying smuggle over 9,000 pounds of cocaine. They did get caught and there was around 11 people arrested and caught seizing the cocaine.  The mexican navy went on a high speed chase across the pacific ocean trying to catch them. When they were caught they also found 1,300 gallons of fuel.

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Mexican navy seizes more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine in high-speed boat chases

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Mexican authorities seized more than nine thousand pounds of cocaine in two separate operations that led to high-speed boat chases in the Pacific.

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Extremely Well-Preserved Iron Age Child's Shoe Discovered

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Extremely Well-Preserved Iron Age Child's Shoe Discovered

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An remarkably well-preserved child's shoe from the Iron Age has been found in Austria. The discovery was made by archaeologists from the German Mining Museum in Bochum during excavations at Dürrnberg near Hallein. The child's shoe is estimated to be more than 2,000 years old. -Tristan B

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Yale’s President Announces He Will Step Down

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Peter Salovey has increased the university’s endowment and its diversity. But the school faces the end of affirmative action and a push to end legacy admissions.

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A nurse was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked. My takeaway is just be safe out there, there are crazy people. My peers should know this because so they can be safe.

-Noelani Garza

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British nurse to be sentenced for murdering seven babies | CNN

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A British nurse is due to be sentenced on Monday, after her conviction last week for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked.

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playstation releases plans for new handheld!

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playstation releases plans for new handheld!

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playstation releases new handheld console after a 11 year silence. the playsation portal looks to be the playstation equivalant to a wii u gamepad.

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Gabon coup leaders name Gen Brice Oligui Ngueema as new leader.

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Gabon coup leaders name Gen Brice Oligui Ngueema as new leader.

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Government aint like the dude they had so they made this guy head honcho.

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Gabon coup leaders name Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader

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Brice Oligui Nguema is named transitional leader after the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.

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Why there's a rush to explore the Moon's enigmatic South Pole

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Why there's a rush to explore the Moon's enigmatic South Pole

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The uncrewed spacecraft is something of a pioneer – the first to make a soft-landing in the frigid, crater-strewn lunar polar landscape. Whereas the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s primarily set down near the Moon's equator, the lander from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touched down about 370 miles (600km) from the lunar south pole, closer than any spacecraft has been to this location.
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is revealing new insights about the lunar South Pole. The US, China and Russia all plan future missions to this region – so what makes it so fascinating?

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An 11-year-old boy caught a fish with 'human-like teeth' in an Oklahoma pond

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An 11-year-old boy caught a fish with 'human-like teeth' in an Oklahoma pond

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Janna Clinton was sitting on her back porch watching her son Charlie, 11, fish in a pond behind their house in Oklahoma this past weekend when he suddenly started yelling for her.

"He was screaming, 'Oh my God, mom! Oh my God!' " Clinton told NPR.

"I thought he was just being dramatic, to be honest," she added.

Then she got a close look at Charlie's alarmingly weird catch.

"Obviously being in a neighborhood pond, we're used to just catching a few bass or catfish," she said. "I mean, nothing with human-like teeth."

It turned out that Charlie had landed a pacu, a fish that's a cousin of the piranha - and whose outsized teeth have long struck fear in swimmers. The pacu is a native of South America, but this one was swimming in a small pond in the Clintons' suburb north of Oklahoma City.

"He said it put up a heck of a fight," Janna told NPR, saying her son reeled the fish in on his own. "He was the only one down there fishing and he did a great job."

The pacu was released back into the water

The Clintons posted a photo of the unusual fish to their neighborhood Facebook page and got in touch with a game warden. But before learning of its provenance, they returned the pacu to the water.

"It's a catch and release pond," Janna said, "so we unfortunately did release it back because we didn't know any better at the time."

People who later recognized the fish said it was invasive and shouldn't be released, she said, adding, "We made a mistake there."

Since then, Charlie has been stalking the fish.

"He did stay at the ponds pretty late that night trying to catch it again," Janna said, adding that her son has been rising early and staying at the pond late, hoping to get another bite from that pacu.

If Charlie succeeds, a neighbor has offered to eat the pacu. But Janna Clinton has other ideas.

"If he catches it again, we're going to get it mounted for him. I think that's a heck of a prize and he deserves it," she said. "I told him we'd make it look like the fish was smiling so you could see its teeth."

The wildlife agency blames a pet owner for the pacu's presence

Game wardens believe the pacu was a pet that outgrew its tank and was released into the wild.

"How dare you," the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said, addressing the fish's previous owner via Twitter and setting off a lively exchange with surprised members of the public.

"WHY DOES IT HAVE HUMAN TEETH," a dismayed commenter asked. "IDK WE DIDN'T MAKE THEM," the wildlife agency replied.

When asked what kind of bait Charlie used to entice the pacu to bite, his mother said, "You're going to laugh. It was just a piece of bread."

Pacu have been found in Oklahoma before

Not only is this not the first pacu caught in Oklahoma - it's not the first time one's been hooked by an 11-year-old in the state. Charlie follows in the footsteps of Kennedy Smith of Lindsay, Okla., who caught a pacu five years ago.

"These fish are generally harmless to humans, but the practice of dumping unwanted pets in waterways can be incredibly harmful to native wildlife," the wildlife agency said via Facebook. It warned that pacu can grow to sizes up to 3.5 feet and 88 pounds.

As for whether the invasive pacu is becoming more common in Oklahoma, Kelly Adams, a communication and education supervisor at the agency, told NPR, "This is not an increasing trend. I'd say every couple of years we get a report."

Anyone who catches a pacu should keep the fish and contact a game warden, Adams said.

The fish also has a scary nickname

Along with its creepy appearance, the pacu has a troubling nickname: "the ball cutter," a label that stems from its purported habit of attacking men's testicles. That dubious distinction prompted warnings for skinny-dippers in Scandinavia after one of the fish was caught in the wild in 2013.

"It's not normal to get your testicles bitten off, of course, but it can happen, especially now in Sweden," fish expert Henrik Carl said at the time, although he warned that people were still more likely to die from drowning than from a pacu attack.

In reality, the red-bellied pacu and related species actually rely on nuts and seeds from fruit trees and plants as a main food source, according to Animal Diversity Web, a project by the University of Michigan's school of zoology. Still, the animals are omnivores - and their appetite grows with their size.

If one pacu is a nuisance, multiple pacus are a problem. Their feeding behavior revolves around "bite events," the Michigan website says, "with each event containing a number of individual bites, which is similar to the feeding behavior observed in true piranhas."

They're supposedly delicious

The fish is known for having a mild, slightly sweet flavor. And in some cases, rogue pacu have been suspected of reaching far-flung waters after being imported by fish farmers.

A 1997 U.S. academic study found the taste of pacu to be "comparable to that of hybrid striped bass, tilapia, and rainbow trout, but superior to catfish."

As for what it's like to catch a pacu, it's not easy. They're known to be very elusive.

Here's how British fisherman Jeremy Wade, who once caught a 40-pound pacu in Papua New Guinea, described the experience in 2011:

"When I reeled it in, it had this mouth which was surprisingly human-like, it is almost like they have teeth specially made for crushing.

"They are like human molars and the fish have powerful jaw muscles. They are very deep bodied and solid like a carp, with strong muscles."

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An 11-year-old boy caught a fish with 'human-like teeth' in an Oklahoma pond

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A boy in Oklahoma reeled in an alarmingly weird catch this past weekend: a pacu, the South American fish that's a cousin of the piranha - and whose humanlike teeth have long struck fear in swimmers.

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A rare spotless giraffe was born in a Tennessee zoo

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A rare spotless giraffe was born in a Tennessee zoo

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Very Cute and rare
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A female reticulated giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in northeastern Tennessee late last month - but unlike her mother she was born without any spots, a rarity.

Standing 14 to 15 feet tall, giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world. When mothers give birth, the calves are already 6 feet tall, and other than on especially rare occasions, they're born covered from hoof to horn in brown spots. Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn., announced that it welcomed the birth of a reticulated giraffe without any spots on July 31, WJHL 11 News reported.

"Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere on the planet," the zoo told WJHL.

The zoo's director, David Bright, said zoo staff have been reaching out to zoo professionals across the country inquiring about how rare the giraffe could be. So far, zoo officials say the only record of a reticulated giraffe being born without spots was in Japan in the 1970s.

Pictures of the calf can be seen on the Brights Zoo Facebook page, standing next to her mother in stark contrast without her spots. The zoo is asking the public to help name the newborn by voting on one of four names available on the zoo's Facebook page by Labor Day.

The Swahili names and their meanings are: Kipekee, meaning unique; Firali, which means unusual or extraordinary; Shakiri, meaning she is most beautiful; and Jamella, which means one of great beauty.

Bright told WJHL that the zoo looked at thousands of names and their meanings before settling on the four available to vote on. "Those four are the four the family are all really attached to," Bright said. "So if she's named one of those four, we're very happy."

Votes will be talliedand announced on Sept. 4.

According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, there are only an estimated 16,000 reticulated giraffes left in the wild - a more than 50% drop from approximately 36,000 giraffes 35 years ago. There are approximately 117,000 giraffes across four species and nine subspecies, many of which are designated vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.

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Brights Zoo in Tennessee is asking the public to help pick a name for the giraffe that was born without spots on July 31. The zoo says she may be the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe alive.

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Shock after popular bear shot dead in Italian town

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A popular female bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear. The bear was named Amarena, was roaming around the town of San Sebastiano Dei Marsi with her two cubs. Local governor Marco Marsilio said no bear in the Abruzzo region had ever threatened residents with any danger.
- Kiara Jumonville

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Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capital riot

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Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capital riot

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US Army veteran Joe Biggs, 38 along with 1000+, was an instigator of the storming of Congress.

The former Infowars correspondent was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in May.

In court, Biggs pleaded for leniency and expressed remorse for his actions.The sentence, handed down by US District Judge Timothy Kelly, is below both federal sentencing guidelines and the 33 years sought by prosecutors. But he got 17 years. Another member of the proud boys Zachary Rehl was sentence to 15 years i prison also for conspiracy.Biggs was convicted of a slew of charges in May, including seditious conspiracy, intimidation or threats to prevent officials from discharging their duties and interference with law enforcement during civil disorder. Prosecutors used text messages, social media posts and videos to show that the Proud Boys were involved in a coordinated effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election at the Capitol.
-My take is that although he might have had remorse for his actions he would not have had remorse for his actions if he didn't get sentenced for 17-33 years or if he was caught.
-I think people should read this because it shows how your actions could have really deep consequences and also how dumb people could be.
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Biggs was convicted of a slew of charges in May, including seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to use, intimidation or threats to prevent officials from discharging their duties and interference with law enforcement during civil disorder.

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Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot

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The sentence is one of the longest so far handed out to participants in the 6 January riot.

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Taylor Swift's Eras Concert Movie Just Smashed Massive 'Spider-Man' Record. 

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Taylor Swift's Eras Concert Movie Just Smashed Massive 'Spider-Man' Record. 

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Taylor Swift revealed that her Eras Tour Concert will be in theatres on October 13, 2023. This movie will play in all theaters like AMC, Cinemark, and Regal. The movie will show her singing her most popular songs in her concert. The eras tour started in March of 2023 and had already made $1.4 billion and extended her tour shows. I think that people who are Taylor Swift fans are really excited for this movie because she is the #1 artist and she a few songs on the Billboard Hot 100. I think fans really enjoyed the eras tour and will also enjoy this movie. Especially who may have may not gone to the Eras Tour. I think that they will enjoy it, also since everyone loves her music no matter what genre whether it's country or pop I think everyone really enjoys it!!

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Taylor Swift has made history once again, this time by smashing cinema box office records with her newly announced concert film.

On Thursday, Swift revealed her Eras Tour would hit the silver screen on October 13, with tickets going on sale at the same time as the announcement.

The concert movie will show in AMC, Cinemark and Regal cinemas in the U.S. and will also show in Canada and Mexico.

AMC confirmed that tickets for the Eras Tour movie were highest advance sales in the company's 103-year history.

The film made $26 million in ticket revenue, which was also a new record for ticket sales for a single title on one day at AMC. The previous record of $16.9 million was held by Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021.
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Swift blew "Spider-Man's" box office record out of the water thanks to her Eras Tour concert movie.

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How the Red Hot Chili Peppers rediscovered the best version of themselves

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How the Red Hot Chili Peppers rediscovered the best version of themselves

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this is about how the famous band the red hot chili peppers rediscovered who they were as a band and as people.

what I learned from this is that u can always rediscover yourself no matter your age
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Dressed in the signature colors of the basketball team he loves - loves even when the team pains him as it has over the last few months - Flea comes roaring into the parking lot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Van Nuys rehearsal space astride a glittering Harley-Davidson that matches his purple sweatpants and gold sneakers.

"It's the best way to get around this town," he says of the motorcycle, which the bassist's wife, streetwear designer Melody Ehsani, recently had painted Los Angeles Lakers-style for his 59th birthday. Flea has been a Lakers season ticketholder for 22 years, and he reckons that this latest go-'round, in which the iconic NBA club is struggling to find a spot in the playoffs, "is the single most disappointing season in the history of the team."

"It's hard, because I really like all the guys," he says. "Love Malik Monk. Love Talen Horton-Tucker. Really love Austin Reaves - you know, 'Hillbilly Kobe.' When they boo Russell Westbrook, it breaks my heart. But basketball, like music, is such an energetic, spiritual thing. You can put a bunch of great players together, and it doesn't mean they'll create magic."

Unless you're the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which nearly four decades after forming in L.A. in the mid-1980s are somehow still thriving. On Friday, the day after the band is set to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Chili Peppers will release "Unlimited Love," their 12th studio album in a career that's contained no shortage of turmoil.

Full of springy punk-funk jams and lightly psychedelic ballads, the new 17-track LP is the Chili Peppers' first since 2006's Grammy-winning "Stadium Arcadium" with guitarist John Frusciante, whose playing on hits like " Give It Away" and " Under the Bridge " helped propel the group to alt-rock superstardom in the early '90s before the rigors of fame and a debilitating drug addiction led him to quit. (Frusciante, who's now 52, returned in 1998, then left again in 2009.)

More impressive than the album, the Chili Peppers - Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary), Frusciante, singer Anthony Kiedis, 59, and drummer Chad Smith, 60 - are set to tour this summer as one of the very few Gen X rock bands capable of filling stadiums at a moment when hip-hop dominates pop music.

Among their opening acts will be fellow Angelenos Thundercat, Anderson .Paak and Haim - just a handful of the younger admirers who've kept the Chili Peppers' anything-goes spirit alive through cultural shifts that have made other legacy acts seem stuck in the past by comparison.

"The Chili Peppers were such early genre-blenders," says Remi Wolf, the 26-year-old L.A. musician whose madcap debut features a song called " Anthony Kiedis." "The freedom in their music - so raw, so funky, so California - is super-inspiring to me."

Indeed, it's not quite that the band's vintage sound is all over the charts these days - though one current chart-topper, Bruno Mars, did bring the band along with him when he played the Super Bowl halftime show in 2014.

"Back in the '90s, you couldn't shake a stick without hitting a singer with long hair and his shirt off and a bass player slapping," Smith says of the era when such groups as Incubus, 311 and Sublime were building on the success of the Chili Peppers' 1991 smash, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." "But now? I'm not sure I could name a new band and say, 'Oh, yeah, I hear us in there,'" the drummer says.

Rather, it's the Chili Peppers' vibe - kind of brainy, kind of bro-y, attuned to pleasure yet always seeking some higher plane of fulfillment - that seems to be resonating in an age of wellness centers and micro-dosing.

"It's nice not to feel like the world has passed you by," says Kiedis, whose '70s-style mustache bespeaks a certain confidence in his status. ("When the boyish charm fades, you have to invite in the next type of charm," he replies when asked why he opted for the 'stache.) "I love it when my son's friends put on their playlists and we're on there with Kid Cudi or someone."

Though Frusciante wasn't a founding member of the band - he joined at age 18 in 1988 following the fatal heroin overdose of original guitarist Hillel Slovak - everyone in the group agrees that the Chili Peppers are at their Chili-est with the spacey but soulful Frusciante on guitar.

Says Rick Rubin, who produced the band's classic '90s records and returned to the studio with them for the first time in years for "Unlimited Love": "John is an incredible technician, and that's the least of his musical gifts. The connection between members of this version of the band is unlike any other."

Precisely why Frusciante quit the second time is unclear; he's said he wanted to focus on solo music but recently told Classic Rock magazine that he "got deep into the occult" while on tour behind "Stadium Arcadium."

For this story, the guitarist, a sweet but more reserved presence than his backslapping bandmates, would talk only through email and declined to engage the question directly.

Of rejoining his old pals - something Rubin says he never considered as a possibility - he wrote, "It was mainly because I love them and felt that we had unfinished business on a soul level. There are aspects of our love and respect for each other that can only be communicated by playing together."

Flea says they eased back into action by doing covers: the Kinks' " Waterloo Sunset" ("Such a beautiful song"), the New York Dolls' " Trash," blues tunes by Freddie King and John Mayall. "That was John's idea," he says. "Let's not get right into writing songs or playing our old songs. Let's just have some fun."

Frusciante's return, of course, meant a forced exit for his former replacement, Josh Klinghoffer, who played on 2011's "I'm With You" and 2016's "The Getaway." Letting the guitarist go was uncomfortable, Kiedis admits. "'Awkward' is probably an understatement. But when the history that you have with somebody dates back to the 1980s and they avail themselves to you," he adds of Frusciante, "you really don't have a choice." (Klinghoffer is now touring as a member of Pearl Jam, which according to Smith was the guitarist's favorite band when he was growing up. "So it kind of all seems like this is how things were supposed to go," Smith says.)

Having gotten up to speed with those covers, the Chili Peppers started writing songs in 2019 and soon had dozens to choose from; Flea, Frusciante and Smith tracked their parts in L.A., Kiedis and Rubin then went to Kauai to work on vocals.

At one point, a massive landslide blocked one of the island's main roads. "I had to take a boat across this river every day with my backpack full of papers and lyrics and pencils," the singer recalls. "Then I'd walk down a beach and up a small jungle mountain where there would be a Jeep waiting to take me to Rick's garage studio. I loved it."

Long one of rock's most distinctive stylists, Kiedis employs his full battery of grunts and bellows and funny voices on "Unlimited Love." In "Black Summer," which he hears as a cross between early Nirvana and Welsh folk music, he even adopts an accent that he says is his tribute to the Welsh indie-rock singer Cate Le Bon.

Yet Kiedis also gets in his feelings amid Frusciante's shimmering guitar lines in songs like the tender " Not the One " and "White Braids & Pillow Chair," a gorgeous California travelogue in which he gazes up at the "deep Ventura sky" and ponders the gloom of "Santa Cruz in June." It's a reminder that another reason the Chili Peppers have endured, beyond the prescience of their mix-and-match approach, is the frontman's unembarrassed emotionalism.

Remi Wolf says she wrote "Anthony Kiedis" after being moved by how "candidly and vulnerably" the singer discusses his complicated relationship with his father in his 2004 memoir, "Scar Tissue." Kiedis' dad, Blackie Dammett, was an actor and Hollywood scenester who raised Kiedis in a heady atmosphere of sex and drugs; Dammett died last year after a lengthy bout with what the singer describes as "Alzheimer's-like dementia."

Given the nature of that disease, "I didn't feel a wave of loss and sadness when he died," Kiedis says. "I'd actually been feeling waves of loss and sadness for the last few years while he was alive, because he wasn't able to communicate verbally or really in any way, other than possibly telepathically. So by the time he was ready to die, I was ready for him to go wherever he got to go. He'd finished his job here on Earth.

"I miss him. Many times, I'll be riding my motorcycle down Sunset Boulevard, through the curvy section, and I'll just remember little things that I shared with my dad in the '60s and '70s. I wish I could holler at him, tell him what I'm thinking about. But it's not painful. It's more like a happy melancholia."

Kiedis says his own co-parenting of his 14-year-old son, Everly - his mom is model Heather Christie, with whom the never-married Kiedis was romantically involved in the mid-2000s - is "the single greatest thing that I have going on." He laughs. "And teenagers are a hard lot to coexist with, especially when you're trying to have any say with their molding and shaping. It's like trying to sculpt some clay on a pottery wheel that's going 8 million miles an hour."

The other day, Everly and two of his friends lost a bet that required them to shave their heads. "And they all had thick, flowy, wavy mops of hair, which they care for greatly and look in the mirror with their brushes and get ready to go and impress at school," Kiedis says. "But they wanted to keep their word, so they lined up to be shorn.

"I also think they were excited about the prospect of doing something kind of crazy. They go to these pretty normal high schools; everybody has that midlength haircut. And they walked out of my house looking like they were in 'The Decline of Western Civilization,'" he says, referring to Penelope Spheeris' early-'80s documentary about the L.A. punk scene. "I was like, 'OK, the spirit is alive.'"

The coziness of Kiedis' story reflects the stability he values in middle age - just another dad who "sort of understands" cryptocurrency and NFTs. "I can see the point of wanting to create currency that is independent of government," he says. "That ideological notion resonates with me. But the metaverse? Seems like yet another platform, and reality is a weirder and deeper platform than any other."

The singer, who's spoken openly about his struggles with addiction, says "sobriety is a way of life for me"; Flea, who in his own words spent his 20s in a "drug-shooting, crack-smoking freak-out," now "has a hit of weed maybe once a month and a Blue Moon like twice a year." (Like Kieidis, Flea and Smith are dads as well.) As he recounts in "Scar Tissue," Kiedis has a history of "sexual indulgence" that, as he puts it today, "wasn't necessarily completely healthy." Yet he looks back philosophically on the more extreme phases of his life: "Living in this ultra-free scenario came with maybe a wolf bite or two, but it also came with the feeling of being alive - and maybe you don't want to forget what it feels like to be that alive and that much in danger."

Flea and Kiedis both talk about their concern for L.A.'s civic welfare - "The homeless situation is absolutely insane," Flea says, with "this whole sub-strata society underneath the people-that-have-homes society" - though each cops to a reflexive distrust of the top-down political process.

"I love this town, and I want to be of service to my community, but not necessarily through the machinery that currently exists," Kiedis says. "It all feels demoralizing to me, that machinery and the divisive behavior within it."

Flea hasn't been inspired to get behind a candidate in the L.A. mayoral race, "but if there's someone I end up really believing in, I'll do what I can."

"It's just hard to have any trust in something that is, by nature, about money and power and hustling," he adds.

Asked whether grass-roots movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo make him more hopeful, Kieids says, "I don't really need an organization to make me feel hope for culture. I feel it always. And I think with some of these movements, there is a lot of positive, but we have to be careful, because organizations get a momentum that's about feeding themselves and not feeding the world. I love that conversations are awoken. But I can't get too involved in it. Question all sides. Don't let someone else tell you what to think and do."

And what of the Chili Peppers' optimism regarding the future of the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Frusciante, after all, has made something of a habit of leaving; Flea acknowledges that the intensity of the band's world tour, which launches in June in Spain and will stop at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium on July 31, could be a taxing enterprise for the introverted guitarist.

Still, "everything's great right now," says Smith. "John's dedicated. He's totally into it." In his email, Frusciante wrote that "the experience has been as positive and healthy as I had hoped it would be."

For Flea, the affirming energy is strong enough that he's even nursing a fantasy about the beleaguered Lakers. "I can almost see it: A.D. gets better," he says, referring to the perpetually injured Anthony Davis, "they all take ayahuasca, go on a retreat, puke their guts out, come back and win the championship." He laughs.

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How the Red Hot Chili Peppers rediscovered the best version of themselves

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On new album, 'Unlimited Love,' Peppers reunite with producer Rick Rubin and guitarist John Frusciante. 'We had unfinished business on a soul level.'

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The u.s. is seeing more case of covid come up so they are starting to make it mandatory in some place such as schools, businesses and like hospitals.the % of deaths and people being hospitalized has gone up in the last 2 months. (Ilyza hernandez)

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The U.S. is seeing a late-summer spike in COVID cases, prompting some schools, hospitals and businesses to encourage - or even require - people to start masking up again.

The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, from earlier this month, shows nationwide COVID hospitalizations increased by nearly 19% in a single week and deaths by more than 21%.

CDC Director Mandy Cohen said Tuesday that recently up to 10,000 people a week have been hospitalized with COVID. But, she added, that's far fewer than the 40,000 such hospitalizations a week the U.S. had at its highest point last August.

"We're in a much different and better place in August of 2023," she said. "We have stronger immunity and tools to protect ourselves, we have vaccines, at-home tests, effective treatments and common-sense strategies like washing your hands and staying away from people when you're sick."

Still, Cohen cautioned, COVID remains risky for people who are unvaccinated. The risk is especially high for unvaccinated individuals who haven't gotten the virus before and those who are older or have underlying health conditions. About 70% of hospitalizations are among those who are 65 and older, she added.

Public health officials have their eye on two new variants: The Omicron variant EG.5 - nicknamed Eris - has become dominant in the U.S., while BA.2.86 is starting to spread.

Early reports show Eris may be more transmissible than other variants, though it doesn't appear to cause more severe disease. And the CDC warned last week that BA.2.86 may be "more capable of causing infection" in people who have previously had the COVID virus or vaccines, though they don't believe it's causing more severe illness either.

All of that has driven some institutions around the country to reinstitute mask mandates, at least temporarily.

What schools, hospitals and politicians are saying

Morris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, announced last weekend that it would restrict gatherings and implement a mask mandate for two weeks due to reports of positive cases among students. Hollywood studio Lionsgate briefly required employees to wear masks on two floors of its five-story office.

The healthcare company Kaiser Permanente reinstated a mask mandate at its Santa Rosa, Calif., facilities after an uptick in patients testing positive. So did several hospital systems in New York state, including United Health Services, Auburn Community Hospital and Upstate Medical (both its university and community hospitals).

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse - the largest employer in central New York - announced in mid-August that it will require all staff, visitors and patients to wear masks in clinical areas for at least three weeks.

Dr. Stephen Thomas, an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at the institution, told Morning Edition that the mandate was triggered by trends observed in recent weeks.

Authorities there have been following metrics that include the number of patients admitted to the hospital either with or for COVID and the number of staff missing work due to illness. They also monitor the region's wastewater testing program, which showed levels of the virus "dramatically increasing" and revealed that the EG.5 variant is circulating in the community.

Thomas says the combination of those factors prompted the decision to mandate masks - and it already appears to be helping.

"Once the notification went out, within an hour we were kind of doing the walkaround and implementation was very very quick," Thomas said. "People didn't really seem to think twice about it. There are always outliers, there are always people that are asking questions about the data and the science and does universal masking make a difference. But we try to communicate that universal masking, in healthcare settings, the data is very clear: It reduces transmission."

Some places are strongly encouraging people to return to masking, even if they're not requiring it.

The Talladega City School district in Alabama is urging students to wear masks, writing in a Facebook post that "this is not a mask mandate, but a general encouragement to be more conscious of our health." Elsewhere in the state, Kinterbish Junior High School is asking students, staff and visitors to wear masks due to rising case counts.

Other politicians are pledging expressly that they will not bring back mask mandates.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently dismissed rumors that his administration was discussing the possibility. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said this week that his state will "not return to widespread masking or COVID rules," despite a rise in cases, adding that "people have a right to make their own decisions."

His statement also referenced a "pandemic of fear stoked by 'the expert class'' and "pronouncements ... from the Biden/Fauci administration," underscoring how much public health precautions have become politicized.

Former President Donald Trump - the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican primary race - also weighed in this week.

He released a campaign video on X (formerly Twitter) slamming the "fear mongering" of "COVID tyrants" and pledging "we will not comply" with school shutdowns, lockdowns or mask and vaccine mandates. If reelected, he said, he will cut federal funding to schools, airlines and public transportation systems that impose mask or vaccine mandates.

Notably, his administration recommended strict social distancing measures when the pandemic began in 2020.

What to know if you're on the fence

There's plenty of data to prove masks are effective at reducing COVID transmission when worn correctly. But in the absence of federal and state mask mandates, the question of whether - and when - to wear one is largely a personal decision.

Experts have told NPR in recent months that people should weigh how much risk they're willing to tolerate and modify their behavior as things change, including as cases rise.

For example, you may want to mask up in crowded settings, while traveling, if you're immunocompromised or if the person sitting near you seems sick. Some suggest getting in the habit of bringing a mask with you, just in case you need to make an impromptu decision.

And many are quick to point out that masking isn't the only step you can take to protect yourself.

Vaccines in particular are really powerful at preventing severe disease, and a new version could be available soon. A CDC advisory committee is meeting to discuss an updated booster on September 12.

The broadcast interview was produced by Julie Depenbrock.

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New COVID variants are fueling hospitalizations and prompting some schools and hospitals to reinstate mask mandates. Others are considering or ruling out the possibility, leaving it up to individuals.

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Texas’ ban on gender-affirming care will take effect Friday following state Supreme Court ruling By Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom Published August 31, 2023 at 12:30 PM CDT

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Texas’ ban on gender-affirming care will take effect Friday following state Supreme Court ruling By Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom Published August 31, 2023 at 12:30 PM CDT

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Starting today transgender people under 18 years old would be barred from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapies, two of the most common forms of gender-affirming care. Any doctor that gives those blockers will have their licenses revoked.
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Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria

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3 young Moroccan tourists were on vacation 2 were shot to death by Algerian coast guards a older brother and his friend. The 2 tourists were lost by the currents in Algeria waters while enjoying a day on their jet skis on the Moroccan Saidia beach. They questions the younger brother he says his brother tried talking to the guard but was killed. The man arrested by the Algerian coastguard, named as Smail Snabe. A Moroccan government spokesman declined to comment on the shooting, telling AFP it was "a matter for the judiciary."

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His name is mike and he goes underwater looking for things people have lost . he gets pretty lucky sometimes and it pretty cool to see all the things he finds.His videos are sometimes super long depending on if he finds some things. i feel like you guys should watch one of his videos on him finding 'treasure".

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Michael Pelley, a California scuba diver and internet creator, returns lost trinkets to their owners for free and picks up trash along the way.

"I figure I'm having a great time anytime my head goes underwater, so if I can make someone else's day, week, month, or even year, by returning something they never thought they'd see again, then it's a win/win for everyone," says Pelley.

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A California scuba diver returns lost trinkets to their owners for free and picks up trash along the way.

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People are freaking about a star formation that what seems to look like a question mark.
The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a stunning new image of what scientists call a pair of actively forming stars.

But eagle-eyed viewers were quick to seize on an even tinier — and to some, more intriguing — detail at the very bottom of the frame: an orange formation in the unmistakable shape of a question mark, tail and all.

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he FBI is investigating more than a dozen migrants from Uzbekistan and other countries allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to multiple US officials.

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The Mexico-United States border ( Spanish: frontera Estados Unidos-México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. The border traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from urban areas to deserts. The Mexico-U.S. border is the most frequently crossed border in the world with approximately 350 million documented crossings annually. It is the tenth-longest border between two countries in the world.

The total length of the continental border is 3,145 kilometers (1,954 miles). From the Gulf of Mexico, it follows the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) to the border crossing at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. Westward from El Paso-Juárez, it crosses vast tracts of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts to the Colorado River Delta and San Diego-Tijuana, before reaching the Pacific Ocean.

Four American states border Mexico: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. One definition of Northern Mexico includes only the six Mexican states that border the U.S.: Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora and Tamaulipas.

The Mexico-United States border extends 3,145 kilometers (1,954 miles), in addition to the maritime boundaries of 29 km (18 mi) into the Pacific Ocean and 19 km (12 mi) into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mexico-U.S. border begins at the Initial Point of Boundary Between U.S. and Mexico, which is set one marine league (three nautical miles) south of the southernmost point of San Diego Bay. The border then proceeds for 227 km (141 mi) in a straight line towards the confluence of the Colorado River and Gila River. The border continues southwards along the Colorado River for 39 km (24 mi), until it reaches a point 32 km (20 mi) south of the Gila River confluence. The border then follows a series of lines and parallels totaling 859 km (534 mi). First, it follows a straight line from the Colorado River to the intersection of the 31° 20′ parallel north and the 111th meridian west. It then proceeds eastwards along the 31° 20′ parallel north up to a meridian 161 km (100 mi) west of the point where the Rio Grande crosses the 31° 47′ parallel north, It then proceeds northwards along that meridian up to the 31° 47′ parallel north and then eastwards along that parallel until it meets the Rio Grande.

According to the International Boundary and Water Commission, the continental border then follows the middle of the Rio Grande-according to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the two nations, "along the deepest channel" (also known as the thalweg)-a distance of 2,020 km (1,255 mi) to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande frequently meanders along the Texas-Mexico border. As a result, the U.S. and Mexico have a treaty by which the Rio Grande is maintained as the border, with new cut-offs and islands being transferred to the other nation as necessary. The Boundary Treaty of 1970 between Mexico and the U.S. settled all outstanding boundary disputes and uncertainties related to the Rio Grande border.

The U.S. states along the border, from west to east, are California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The Mexican states along the border are Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. Among the U.S. states, Texas has the longest stretch of the border with Mexico, while California has the shortest. Among the states in Mexico, Chihuahua has the longest border with the U.S., while Nuevo León has the shortest. Along the border are 23 U.S. counties and 39 Mexican municipalities.

U.S. Border Patrol helicopter along El Camino del Diablo, Arizona-Sonora border, 2004

Border between Nogales, Arizona, on the left, and Nogales, Sonora, on the right

View of Cross Border Xpress (CBX) bridge from parking lot on U.S. side, with Tijuana Airport on the left and the CBX U.S. terminal on the right

Prior to the Mexican-American War

In the mid-16th century, after the discovery of silver, settlers from various countries and backgrounds began to arrive in the area. This period of sparse settlement included colonizers from different backgrounds. The area was part of New Spain. In the early 19th century, the U.S. bought the lands known as the Louisiana Purchase from France and began to expand steadily westward.

After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the border between the U.S. and New Spain was not clearly defined. The border was established in the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty between the U.S. and Spain, which specified a border in the vicinity of the western edge of the Mississippi River watershed. Mexico gained its independence from Spain, and the border was reaffirmed in the 1828 Treaty of Limits.

Mexico attempted to create a buffer zone at the border that would prevent possible invasion from the north. The Mexican government encouraged thousands of their own citizens to settle in the region that is now known as Texas and even offered inexpensive land to settlers from the U.S. in exchange for populating the area. The influx of people did not provide the defense that Mexico had hoped for and instead Texas declared its independence in 1836, which lasted until 1845 when the U.S. annexed it.

San Diego together with Tijuana creates the bi-national San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area

The constant conflicts in the Texas region in the mid-19th century eventually led to the Mexican-American War, which began in 1846 and ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In the terms of the peace treaty, Mexico lost more than 2,500,000 square kilometers (970,000 sq mi) of land, 55% of its territory, including all of what is today California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and parts of what is Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In addition, all disputes over Texas and the disputed territory between Rio Grande and Rio Nueces were abandoned.

Five years later, the Gadsden Purchase completed the creation of the current U.S.-Mexico border. The purchase was initially to accommodate a planned railway right-of-way. These purchases left approximately 300,000 people living in the once disputed lands, many of whom were Mexican nationals. Following the establishment of the current border, several towns sprang up along this boundary, and many of the Mexican citizens were given free land in the northern regions of Mexico in exchange for returning and repopulating the area.

El Paso, Texas (left) and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (right), taken on June 30, 2022, from the International Space Station with north oriented towards the bottom-left side. The Rio Grande appears as a thin line separating the two cities through the middle of the photograph. El Paso and Juarez make up the third largest U.S. international metroplex after Detroit-Windsor and San Diego-Tijuana.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and another treaty in 1884 were the agreements originally responsible for the settlement of the international border, both of which specified that the middle of the Rio Grande was the border, irrespective of any alterations in the channels or banks. The Rio Grande shifted south between 1852 and 1868, with the most radical shift in the river occurring after a flood in 1864. By 1873 the moving river-center border had cut off approximately 2.4 square kilometers (590 acres) of Mexican territory in the El Paso-Juarez area, in effect transferring the land to the U.S.. By a treaty negotiated in 1963, Mexico regained most of this land in what became known as the Chamizal dispute and transferred 1.07 km ² (260 acres) in return to the U.S. Border treaties are jointly administered by the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), which was established in 1889 to maintain the border, allocate river waters between the two nations, and provide for flood control and water sanitation. Once viewed as a model of international cooperation, in recent decades the IBWC has been heavily criticized as an institutional anachronism, by-passed by modern social, environmental and political issues. In particular, jurisdictional issues regarding water rights in the Rio Grande Valley have continued to cause tension between farmers along the border, according to Mexican political scientist Armand Peschard-Sverdrup.

The economic development of the border region on the Mexican side of the border depended largely on its proximity to the U.S., because of its remoteness from commercial centers in Mexico. During the years of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, between 1876 and 1910, the border communities boomed because of close ties to the U.S. and the Mexican government's support for financial investments from the U.S. Railroads were built that connected the northern Mexican states more to the U.S. than to Mexico, and the population grew tremendously. The mining industry also developed, as did the U.S.'s control of it. By the early 20th century companies from the U.S. controlled 81% of the mining industry and had invested US$500 million in the Mexican economy overall, 25% of it in the border regions.

The U.S. Immigration Act of 1891 authorized the implementation of inspection stations at ports of entry along the Mexican and Canadian borders. The U.S. Immigration Act of 1917 required the passing of a literacy test and a head tax by Mexicans wanting to enter the U.S. legally; however, during World War I, when labor shortages grew, the provisions were temporarily suspended. The U.S. Immigration Act of 1924 established the U.S. Border Patrol.

The Mexican Revolution, caused at least partially by animosity toward foreign ownership of Mexican properties, began in 1910. The revolution increased the political instability in Mexico but did not significantly slow U.S. investment. It did reduce economic development within Mexico, however, and the border regions reflected this. As the infrastructure of communities on the U.S. side continued to improve, the Mexican side began to fall behind in the construction and maintenance of important transportation networks and systems necessary to municipal development.

Although the Mexican Revolution caused insecurity in Mexico, it also strained U.S.-Mexico relations. With the Mexican Revolution lasting for 10 years, ending in 1920, and World War I simultaneously occurring between 1914 and 1918, the division between the U.S. and Mexico began to polarize the two nations. Constant battles and raids along the border made both authorities nervous about borderland security. The Zimmerman Telegram, a diplomatic cable sent by Germany but intercepted and decrypted by British intelligence, was meant to bait Mexico into war with the U.S. in order to reconquer what was taken from them during the Mexican-American War. This inspired the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to monitor suspicious activities and potential violence at the border. Within 10 years, frequent provocations caused border towns to transform into battlefields, which intensified transborder restrictions, brought federal soldiers to patrol the border, and caused the construction of fences and barriers between border towns. When the battles concluded, restrictions for crossing the border were relaxed and most soldiers were sent home; however, the fences remained as a physical reminder of the division between the two nations. As years passed, more fences and higher barriers were established as attentions focused on the boundary demarcation between the U.S. and Mexico.

The first international bridge was the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge built in 1910. The first barrier built by the U.S. was between 1909 and 1911 in California, the first barrier built by Mexico was likely in 1918; barriers were extended in the 1920s and 1940s.

The Banco Convention of 1905 between the U.S. and Mexico allowed, in the event of sudden changes in the course of the Rio Grande (as by flooding), for the border to be altered to follow the new course. The sudden changes often created bancos (land surrounded by bends in the river that became segregated from either country by a cutoff, often caused by rapid accretion or avulsion of the alluvial channel), especially in the lower Rio Grande Valley. When these bancos are created, the International Boundary and Water Commission investigates if land previously belonging to the U.S. or Mexico is to be considered on the other side of the border. In all cases of these adjustments along the Rio Grande under the 1905 convention, which occurred on 37 different dates from 1910 to 1976, the transferred land was small (ranging from one to 646 acres) and uninhabited.

The Boundary Treaty of 1970 transferred an area of Mexican territory to the U.S., near Presidio and Hidalgo, Texas, to build flood control channels. In exchange, the U.S. ceded other land to Mexico, including five parcels near Presidio, the Horcon Tract and Beaver Island near Roma, Texas. On November 24, 2009, the U.S. ceded 6 islands in the Rio Grande to Mexico. At the same time, Mexico ceded 3 islands and 2 bancos to the U.S. This transfer, which had been pending for 20 years, was the first application of Article III of the 1970 Boundary Treaty.

On March 27, 2023, at least 38 detained migrants (mostly from Central America) were killed-and dozens more injured-in a fire started in protest inside a locked and crowded detention center cell in northern Mexico, with motives ranging from pending deportation to overcrowding and lack of access to drinking water.

The border separating Mexico and the U.S. is the most frequently crossed international boundary in the world, with approximately 350 million legal crossings taking place annually.

There are 48 U.S.-Mexico border crossings, with 330 ports of entry. At these points of entry, people trying to get into the U.S. are required to open their bags for inspection. Border crossings take place by roads, pedestrian walkways, railroads and ferries. From west to east, below is a list of the border city "twinnings"; cross-border municipalities connected by one or more legal border crossings.

San Diego, California (San Ysidro) - Tijuana, Baja California (San Diego-Tijuana Metro)

Cross Border Xpress, Otay Mesa, California - Tijuana International Airport, Baja California

Otay Mesa, California - Tijuana, Baja California

Tecate, California - Tecate, Baja California

Calexico, California - Mexicali, Baja California

Andrade, California - Los Algodones, Baja California

San Luis, Arizona - San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora

Lukeville, Arizona - Sonoyta, Sonora

Sasabe, Arizona - Altar, Sonora

Nogales, Arizona - Nogales, Sonora

Naco, Arizona - Naco, Sonora

Douglas, Arizona - Agua Prieta, Sonora

Antelope Wells, New Mexico - El Berrendo, Chihuahua

Columbus, New Mexico - Palomas, Chihuahua

Santa Teresa, New Mexico - San Jerónimo, Chihuahua

El Paso, Texas - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (El Paso-Juarez)

Fabens, Texas - Práxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua municipality

Fort Hancock, Texas - El Porvenir, Chihuahua

Presidio, Texas - Ojinaga, Chihuahua

Heath Canyon, Texas - La Linda, Coahuila (closed)

Del Rio, Texas - Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila

Eagle Pass, Texas - Piedras Negras, Coahuila

Laredo, Texas - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Laredo, Texas - Colombia, Nuevo León

Falcon Heights, Texas - Presa Falcón, Tamaulipas

Roma, Texas - Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas

Rio Grande City, Texas - Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas

Los Ebanos, Texas - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas

Mission, Texas - Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Hidalgo, Texas - Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Pharr, Texas - Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Donna, Texas - Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas

Progreso, Texas - Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas

Los Indios, Texas - Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Brownsville, Texas - Matamoros, Tamaulipas

The total population of the borderlands-defined as those counties and municipios lining the border on either side-stands at some 12 million people.

The San Ysidro Port of Entry is located between San Ysidro, California and Tijuana, Baja California. Approximately 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians use this entry daily. In the U.S., I-5 crosses directly to Tijuana, and the highway's southern terminus is this crossing. In 2005, more than 17 million vehicles and 50 million people entered the U.S. through San Ysidro. Among those who enter the U.S. through San Ysidro are transfronterizos, American citizens who live in Mexico and attend school in the U.S.

It has influenced the every day lifestyle of people that live in these border towns. Along the coast of Baja California, there are neighborhoods of Americans living in Tijuana, Rosarito Beach, and Ensenada, whose residents commute to the U.S. daily to work. Additionally, many Mexicans also enter the U.S. to commute daily to work. In 1999, 7.6% of the labor force of Tijuana was employed in San Diego.

The average wait time to cross into the U.S. is approximately an hour. The thousands of vehicles that transit through the border every day is causing air pollution in San Ysidro and Tijuana. The emission of carbon monoxide (CO) and other vehicle related air contaminants have been linked to health complications such as cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, birth outcomes, premature death, obesity, asthma and other respiratory diseases. The high levels of traffic collusion and the extended wait times has affected the mental health, stress levels, and aggressive behavior of the people who cross frequently. The San Ysidro border is heavily policed, separated by three walls, border patrol agents and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Tijuana is the next target for San Diegan developers because of its fast-growing economy, lower cost of living, cheap prices and proximity to San Diego. While this would benefit the tourist aspect of the city, it is damaging to low-income residents that will no longer be able to afford the cost of living in Tijuana. Tijuana is home to many deportees from the U.S., many who have lost everything and do not have an income to rely on and are now in a new city in which they have to quickly adapt in order to survive. San Diego developers would bring many benefits to Tijuana, but deportees and the poor run the risk of being impacted by the gentrification of Tijuana.

In late 2006, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a rule regarding new identification requirements for U.S. citizens and international travelers entering the U.S. implemented on January 23, 2007. This final rule and first phase of the WHTI specifies nine forms of identification, one of which is required to enter the U.S. by air: a valid passport; a passport card; a state enhanced driver's license or state enhanced non-driver ID card (available in Michigan, New York, Vermont, and Washington) approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security; a trusted traveler program card ( Global Entry, NEXUS, FAST, or SENTRI); an enhanced tribal identification card; a Native American Tribal Photo Identification Card; Form I-872 - American Indian Card; a valid Merchant Mariner Document when traveling in conjunction with official maritime business; or a valid U.S. military identification card when traveling on official orders.

In August, 2015, Mexico began enforcing a rule that all foreign citizens that plan to stay in the country for more than seven days or are travelling on business will have to pay a 330 pesos ($21) fee and show their passport.

When animals are imported from one country to another, there is the possibility that diseases and parasites can move with them. Thus, most countries impose animal health regulations on the import of animals. Most animals imported to the U.S. must be accompanied by import permits obtained in advance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and/or health certification papers from the country of origin.

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APHIS imposes precautions to keep out several equine diseases, including glanders, dourine, equine infectious anemia, equine piroplasmosis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and contagious equine metritis. APHIS also checks horses to prevent the introduction of ticks and other parasites. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors look for horses and livestock that stray across the border carrying ticks. These animals are often called wetstock, and the inspectors are referred to as tickriders.

Per APHIS, horses originating from Canada can enter the U.S. with a Canadian government veterinary health certificate and a negative test for EIA. Horses from Mexico must have a health certificate; pass negative tests for EIA, dourine, glanders, and EP at a USDA import center; and undergo precautionary treatments for external parasites at the port of entry. Horses from other Western Hemisphere countries must have the same tests as those from Mexico and, except for horses from Argentina, must be held in quarantine for at least seven days as a check for VEE.

APHIS imposes similar testing and certification requirements on horses from other parts of the world but without the quarantine for VEE. These horses are held in quarantine-usually three days-or until tests are completed. Because the disease equine piroplasmosis (equine babesiosis) is endemic in Mexico but not established in the U.S., transportation of horses from Mexico to the U.S. requires evaluation of horses for the presence of this disease. A leading exception to this rule is the special waiver obtained by riders participating in the Cabalgata Binacional Villista (see cavalcade).

Import from the U.S. to Mexico requires evidence within the prior 45 days of freedom from EIA, among other requirements.

Data from the U.S. Border Patrol Agency's 2010 annual report shows that among the total number of border crossings without documentation from various countries into the U.S., 90% were from Mexico alone. In addition, there are more than 6 million undocumented Mexican nationals residing in the U.S. The border has a very high rate of documented and undocumented migrant crossings every year. With such a high rate of people crossing annually to the U.S., the country has invested in several distinct security measures.

In 2010, President Barack Obama signed an appropriation bill which gave the Customs and Border Protection, specifically the Border Patrol, 600 million dollars to implement and improve security. The U.S. government has invested many millions of dollars on border security, although this has not stopped undocumented immigration in the U.S. In June 2018, the U.S. government announced installation of facial recognition system for monitoring immigrant activities.

In order to effectively enforce border protection, the U.S.' policies and regulations have looked to make border crossings more hazardous through the implementation of various operations, one of those being the "funnel effect". The tactic was meant to discourage migration from Mexico into the U.S. by forcing migrants to travel further around barriers where the terrain and weather are more risky, but the strategy was not as successful as initially planned. As a result, the effect funneled more immigrants to their death even with the assistance of coyotes (smugglers). Not only has this approach caused fatalities throughout the U.S.-Mexico border, but it has even stirred up a nuisance for documented immigrants and American citizens. There has been general concern about the Border Patrol and other agencies abusing their authority by racial profiling and conducting unwarranted searches outside the exception of the 40 km (25 mi) border zone, but still within the 161 km (100 mi) border zone.

In 2012, Border Patrol agents made over 364,000 arrests of people illegally entering the country. Considerable success has been achieved in restoring integrity and safety to the border, by putting in place a border-control strategy. These include Operation Gatekeeper in San Diego; Operation Hold the Line in El Paso; Operation Rio Grande in McAllen; Operation Safeguard in Tucson; and the Arizona Border Control Initiative along the Arizona border.

According to Vulliamy, one in five Mexican nationals will visit or work in the U.S. at one point in their lifetime. As of 2010, the border is guarded by more than 20,000 Border Patrol agents, more than at any time in its history. The border is paralleled by U.S. Border Patrol interior checkpoints on major roads generally between 40 and 121 km (25 and 75 mi) from the U.S. side of the border, and garitas generally within 50 km (31 mi) of the border on the Mexican side.

There are an estimated half a million illegal entries into the U.S. each year. Border Patrol activity is concentrated around border cities such as San Diego and El Paso which have extensive border fencing. This means that the flow of illegal immigrants is diverted into rural mountainous and desert areas, leading to several hundred migrant deaths along the Mexico-U.S. border of those attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico illegally and vice versa.

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed providing for the construction of 1,127 km (700 mi) of high-security fencing. Attempts to complete the construction of the Mexico-United States barrier have been challenged by the Mexican government and various U.S.-based organizations.

In January, 2013, the Government Accountability Office released a report stating that the U.S. Border Patrol intercepted 61% of individuals illegally crossing the border in 2011, which translates to 208,813 individuals not apprehended. 85,827 of the 208,813 would go on to illegally enter the U.S., while the rest returned to Mexico and other Central American countries. The report also shows that the number of illegal border crossings has dropped.

The Human Rights Watch cited on April 22, 2020, that a U.S.-Mexico border shutdown could be expected following the COVID-19 public health emergency. According to HRW, the new rule introduced by the CDC overlooks the fact that the U.S. is obligated to protect refugees from return to conditions threatening prosecution, as per treaties. President Joe Biden's border executive plan as the COVID-19 restrictions - known as Title 42 - expired in May 2023. Under Title 42, which had been in effect since March 2020, many border crossers have been quickly deported to Mexico without a chance for asylum.

The U.S. government had plans in 2006, during the Bush administration, to erect a border fence along the Mexico-U.S. border. The controversial proposal included creating many individual fences. Almost 966 km (600 mi) of fence were constructed, with each of the individual fences composed of steel and concrete. In between these fences are infrared cameras and sensors, National Guard soldiers, and SWAT teams on alert, giving rise to the term "virtual fence". Construction on the fence began in 2006, with each mile costing the U.S. government about $2.8 million. In 2010, the initiative was terminated because of costs, after having completed 1,030 km (640 mi) of either barrier fence or vehicle barriers, that were either new or had been rebuilt over older, inferior fencing. The Boeing-built SBI-net systems of using radar, watchtowers, and sensors (without a fence or physical barrier) were scrapped for being over budget, full of glitches, and far behind schedule.

According to the U.S. Border Patrol, apprehensions of Central Americans at the border reduced from 70,000 to 55,000 attempted illegal migrants from 2007 to 2011. Thereafter, the number of apprehensions increased dramatically to 95,000 in 2012, 150,000 in 2013 and 220,000 in 2014. The increased apprehensions could have been the result of improved border security or a dramatic rise in attempted crossings, or both.

In the fiscal year of 2006, there were 29 confirmed border incursions by Mexican government officials, of which 17 were by armed individuals. Since 1996, there have been 253 incursions by Mexican government officials. In 2014 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed California Representative Duncan D. Hunter that since 2004, there have been 300 documented border incursions, which resulted in 131 individuals being detained.

On August 3, 2008, Mexican military personnel crossed into Arizona from Mexico and encountered a U.S. Border Patrol agent, whom they held at gunpoint. The soldiers later returned to Mexico, as backup Border Patrol agents came to investigate.

Proponents of greater spending on the border argue that continuing the buildup is necessary because of increased violence and drug trafficking from Mexico spilling into the U.S. However, critics such as the Washington Office on Latin America have argued that the diminishing number of border crossings can only be partially attributed to U.S. security measures. Unintentional factors, such as a weakened U.S. economy in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the Mexican drug war have made attempting illegal border crossings more risky and less rewarding.

Distribution of natural resources across the border has also been a major challenge, particularly for water use and water quality. Toxic sewage flowing into Mexico, and over-consumption of water from the Colorado River Basis and middle-lower Rio Grande have been central to the conflict. Large-scale infrastructure investments may be necessary to address the growing water and energy issues in this arid region.

In 2016, Republican nominee for president Donald Trump proposed building a border wall to control immigration. He declared that, as president, he would force Mexico to pay all costs. On January 25, 2017, several days after his inauguration and two days in advance of a planned meeting in Washington, D.C., with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, new U.S. president Trump signed Executive Order 13767 to enable the building of the wall. Peña Nieto denied that Mexico would pay for the wall and declined the meeting. Shortly after, Trump announced that he intended to impose a 20% tariff on Mexican goods. Mexico did not make any payments. Tariffs increase the price of goods resulting in a tax paid by the consumer.

On September 20, 2017, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration has overstepped its powers in expediting construction of a border wall. As of the end of 2017, Mexico had not agreed to pay any amount toward the wall, no new tariffs on Mexican goods had been considered by the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Congress had not appropriated funding for a wall, and no further wall construction had started beyond what was already planned during the Obama administration.

In June 2018, the Trump administration established a new policy of separating parents from their children at the Mexican border. People asking for asylum at official ports of entry were "being turned away and told there's no room for them now." The U.S. and Mexico mutually placed tariffs on each other's exports.

On November 8, 2018, the Trump administration announced new rules to deny asylum to anyone who crosses into the U.S. illegally from any nation, at Trump's discretion. This was based on the Supreme Court decision of Trump v. Hawaii and the presidential powers of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Trump signed a proclamation the next day to specify that people crossing the Mexican border illegally would not qualify for asylum; he called the march of migrants from Central America towards the U.S. a "crisis". Civil rights groups strongly criticized the move, and several groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Center for Constitutional Rights, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge the proclamation. Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled in favor of the advocacy groups on November 20, 2018, placing an injunction on the administration to delay implementation of the rule. The administration appealed to the Ninth Circuit, where a divided 2-1 panel ruled that the new asylum rules were inconsistent with existing law and upheld the injunction. On December 21, 2018, the Supreme Court declined to hear the administration's challenge, leaving the injunction in place and preventing the asylum ban from being enforced.

Proposed wall

While running for president, Trump claimed that a border wall would cost $8 to $12 billion and that he could force Mexico to pay for it. Actual cost estimates of the proposed wall vary widely. In early 2017, shortly after Trump took office, the DHS estimated the cost at $22 billion, while Democratic staff on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee estimated $70 billion to build the wall and $150 million in annual maintenance. Significant cost overruns and missed deadlines are common in government projects; in recent U.S. history, see, for example, the Big Dig and the Boeing Dreamliner.

During the Trump administration, 732 km (455 mi) were added to barrier between the two countries. The construction of the wall has been halted by President Joe Biden as he canceled the national emergency declaration, originally used by Trump.

No More Deaths ( No Más Muertes) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Tucson that is designed to assist in ending death and suffering of immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border by upholding fundamental human rights. Elemental services of No More Deaths is to provide humanitarian assistance, giving food and first aid treatment, witness and respond to human rights abuses, encouraging humane immigration policy, and making phone calls to relatives of immigrants. Since its founding in 2004, No More Deaths has provided assistance to thousands of migrant border crossers; however the Border Patrol and other public land agencies near the U.S.-Mexico border have challenged the efforts of various humanitarian groups, by following immigrants to a medical volunteer camp and raiding it. Humanitarian groups along the border have been tested by Border Patrol and other agencies, however the authority of the Trump administration has introduced a new tier of restriction through surveillance, harassment, and intimidation to border relief efforts.

Incidence rates of HIV and tuberculosis are higher in border towns such as El Paso and Ciudad Juárez than at the national level in both countries. The Nuestra Casa Initiative tried to counter the health disparities by using a cross-border strategy that moved around an exhibit prominent in various museums and universities. Similarly, special action groups as part of the Border Health Strategic Initiative created by the University of Arizona with other groups helped create a healthier Hispanic community in Arizona border towns by creating policy and infrastructure changes. These groups provided humanitarian assistance to counter the prominence of Type 2 diabetes among the Hispanic community by acquiring a grant for new walking trails and encouraging public elementary schools to provide healthier food choices for students.

Immigrants are considered easy targets by gang members, because they do not have the strength to resist aggressive offenders and end up left with nothing. In June 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions disqualified victims of gangs or domestic violence to be reasonable causes for asylum seekers.

In Mexico, most humanitarian groups focus on assisting the deportees. As rates of deportation increase, "the deportation of many individuals is becoming more and more notable" in the streets of Mexico cities. As a result, many humanitarian groups have formed in Mexican cities where undocumented individuals are deported such as Nogales, Sonora. The humanitarian groups consist of faith-based communities and primarily non-profit organizations that assist deportees, many of whom do not have any resources with them such as money, food, or family information, and who would otherwise become homeless and emotionally and psychologically devastated. Contributing factors that might have caused them to be devastated can either be that they were separated from "their family members or the inability to work legally in the United States". Therefore, the primary purpose of the humanitarian groups on the Mexico side of the border is to create a pathway for transitional support such as providing the deportees food, shelter, clothing, legal help and social services. In addition, there are humanitarian groups that provides meals and shelter to deportees according to their deportation documents. Humanitarian groups along the border in Mexico are El Comedor, Nazareth House, Camino Juntos, La 72, and FM4: Paso Libre.

In June 2019, 300 migrant children were moved from a detention facility in Clint, Texas, after a group of lawyers who visited reported unsafe and unsanitary conditions. In the same month, the body of Óscar Alberto Martínez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, were found dead in the Rio Grande River. The family was from El Salvador, attempting to cross from Mexico into the U.S. near Brownsville, Texas. Gaining attention from the media, the House passed a bill, appropriating $4.5 billion for resources at the border.

Per the La Paz Agreement, the official "border area" extends 100 km (62 mi) "on either side of the inland and maritime boundaries" from the Gulf of Mexico west into the Pacific Ocean. There is also a 100-mile border zone.

A National Border Patrol Strategic Plan was first developed in 1994; it was then updated in 2004 and 2012. In 2004, the updated strategy focused on command structures, intelligence and surveillance, enforcement and deployment of U.S. Border Patrol agents to better respond to threats at the border. The strategic planning led to broader policy development for the DHS which led to the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) in 2005 to secure U.S. borders and reduce illegal migration. The main components of SBI dealt with staffing concerns, removal capacity, surveillance and tactical infrastructure and interior enforcement. The aim of this initiative is to overcome the limitations of physical barriers through the use of surveillance technologies known as "SBInet." The SBInet technology has not worked as well as potentially intended, facing a number of technical issues that have limited its effectiveness. Part of the initiative also focused on increasing detention and removal capacity, with an objective to add an additional 2,000 beds to detentional facilities. With expansion of detention and removal capabilities this was also the objective to end the "catch and release" process that had been occurring previously. An additional component was "high consequence enforcement", which was not the subject of a formal public policy document. There was the allowance, historically, for voluntary returns of individuals apprehended at the border by Border Patrol agents. These voluntary returns, after the SBI of 2005, were limited to three "high consequence outcomes".

One "high consequence outcome" was formal removal, which meant the individual would be deemed ineligible for a visa for at least five years and subject to criminal charges if caught re-entering illegally. The Immigration and Nationality Act permitted aliens to be formally removed with "limited judicial processing" known as expedited removal. The DHS has expanded between 2002 and 2006, expedited removal for "certain aliens that entered within previous two weeks and were apprehended within 161 km (100 mi) of the border".[page needed ]

Another "high consequence outcome" is the increase in criminal charges. The DHS has also worked with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to increase the number of apprehended individuals crossing the border illegally who are charged with criminal offenses. Most of these cases are prosecuted under Operation Streamline. The third "high consequence outcome" is known as remote repatriation. This is the return of apprehended Mexicans to remote locations by Border Patrol rather than the nearest Mexican port of entry.

The U.S. has established a 161 km (100 mi) border zone which applies to all U.S. external borders including all coasts, in effect covering two-thirds of the U.S. population, including a majority of the largest cities in the U.S. and several entire states (namely Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island). The border zone was established by the U.S. DOJ in its interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have authority to stop and search within this zone and are authorized to enter private property without a warrant within 40 km (25 mi) of the border as well as establish checkpoints.

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable search and seizure. However, under the border search exception, this protection does not fully apply at borders or border crossings (also known as ports of entry) or in the border zone. This means that much of the U.S. population is subject to CBP regulations including stop and search. There are some limits to CBP officials' ability to stop and search. For instance CBP officials are not allowed to pull anyone over without a reasonable suspicion of immigration violation or crime, or search vehicles without warrant or probable cause. The ACLU, however, found that CBP officials routinely ignore or misunderstand the limits of authority, and this is compounded by inadequate training, lack of oversight and failure to hold officials accountable for abuse-incidence of abuse is common.

Operation Streamline refers collectively to zero-tolerance policies implemented at the Mexico-U.S. border that seek to remove illegal immigrants through an expedited process if they have arrived with missing or fraudulent identification or have previously been convicted for an immigration crime. It was first implemented in Del Rio, Texas, in 2005. The program has since expanded to four out of the five federal judicial districts on the U.S.-Mexico border: Yuma, Arizona; Laredo, Texas; Tucson, Arizona; and Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

Previously, immigrants apprehended at the border were either given the option to voluntarily return to their home country or they were placed in civil immigration proceedings. After Operation Streamline was implemented, nearly all people apprehended at the border who are suspected of having crossed illegally are subject to criminal prosecution. Defendants who are charged with crossing into the U.S. illegally are tried en masse to determine their guilt. Defense attorneys often are responsible for representing up to 40 immigrants at once. Around 99% of defendants in Operation Streamline proceedings plead guilty. The defendants are charged with a misdemeanor if convicted of crossing the border illegally for the first time and a felony if it is a repeat offense.

In December 2009, it was decided in United States v. Roblero-Solis that en masse judicial proceedings like those in Operation Streamline violated Rule 11 in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rule 11 states that the court must determine that a guilty plea is voluntarily made by addressing the defendant personally in court. The Roblero-Solis case determined that "personally" means that the judge must address the defendant in a person-to-person manner. Though many courts have changed their procedures to adapt to the ruling, there are still forms of en masse trials practiced at the border.

Proponents of Operation Streamline claim that the harsher prosecution has been an important factor in deterring immigrants from crossing the border illegally. Apprehensions have decreased in certain sectors after 2005, which is seen as a sign of success. For example, the Del Rio sector saw a decline from 2005 to 2009 of 75% (from 68,510 to 17,082). Similarly, apprehensions declined in Yuma by 95% (from 138,438 to 6,951) from 2006 to 2009.

Criticisms of Operation Streamline point to the program's heavy use of federal court and enforcement resources as a negative aspect. In addition, the prosecution of all illegal border crossings takes the focus away from prosecuting more serious crimes. They claim that the program's cost is too high for the effectiveness of the work it is accomplishing. In response to the claim that Operation Streamline is an effective deterrent, critics of the program claim that the incentives to cross the border in order to work or be with family are much stronger.

The Agreement on Cooperation for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border Area, known as the La Paz Agreement, was signed into law on August 14, 1983, and became enforceable on February 16, 1984. This agreement to protect the environment is the political foundation between the U.S. and Mexico for 4 subsequent programs. Each program has addressed environmental destruction in the border region resulting from the rise of the maquiladora industries, those who migrated to northern Mexico to work in the industries, the lack of infrastructure to accommodate the people, Mexico's lax regulations concerning all these factors, the resulting spillover into the U.S., and the U.S.'s own environmentally destructive tendencies. The programs were: IBEP (1992), Border XXI (1996), Border 2012 (2003) and Border 2020 (2012).

In 2006, during the presidency of George W. Bush, Congress approved Secure Fence Act which allowed the Department of Homeland Security to erect a border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Congress also approved a different law called the REAL ID Act which gave the Department of Homeland Security the approval to build the wall without taking into consideration the environmental and legal issues related to the wall. The U.S. Congress insisted that the act was passed for the sake of national security of the U.S.

According to a delegation of Arizona park and refuge managers, wildlife biologists, and conservationists who studied the U.S. and Mexico border concluded that building a wall along the Mexico border would also have negative impacts on the natural environment in the region. They argued that the border wall would negatively affect the wildlife in the Sonoran Desert including plants and animals. Naturally, animals do not tend to stay in one place and instead, they expedite to various places for water, plants, and other means in order to survive. The wall would restrict animals to a specific territory and would reduce their chances of survival. According to Brian Segee, a staff attorney with Wildlife Activists says that except high flying birds, animals would not be able to move to other places because of the wall along the border. For instance, participants in this study argued that some species such as javelinas, ocelots, and Sonoran pronghorn would not be able to freely move along the border areas. It would also restrict the movement of jaguars from Sierra Madre occidental forests to the southwestern parts of the U.S. According to Brian Nowicki, a conservation biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity, there are 30 animal species living in the Arizona and Sonora that face danger. In 2021, an endangered Mexican gray wolf was stopped from crossing from New Mexico into Mexico by a section of border wall.

Many schools near the border in America have students that live on the Mexican side of the border. These students are "transborder students", as they live in Mexico but are enrolled in the U.S. education system. There are thousands of elementary through high school students that cross the Mexican-American border. They are known to wake up in the early hours of the morning to make their way to the border, where they wait in long lines to cross into the U.S. After crossing the border, the students find a ride to school. Many students come to America for the opportunity, because it has a more developed and organized educational system. Students who go to school in America have a better chance of reaching higher education in the U.S. In many parts of Mexico, compulsory education ends at age sixteen. Many of the transborder students are natural-born U.S. citizens. Students that were born in America have the right to American education, even if they do not live in the U.S. In places like the San Diego and Tijuana border, it is much cheaper to live in Mexico. San Diego has a high cost of living and one of the highest student homeless rates in the country, so many families move to Tijuana because it is more affordable to raise a family.

In order to prevent Mexican children from illegally coming to America for education, some bordertown schools require official documentation (bills, mail, etc.) from students. This is to ensure that only students that are entitled to an education in the U.S. receive one.

In Brownsville, a city on the southern border of Texas, a court ruled that school districts cannot deny students education if they have the proper paperwork. Many transborder students who live in these districts with these requirements will use extended family members' addresses to prove their residency. Questions about the legitimacy of student residency have risen since the Trump administration took office in 2017, making it riskier to cross the border for education.

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Veteran NBA referee Eric Lewis is retiring, effective immediately. Lewis was under investigation for allegedly using an unauthorized burner account on X, formerly known as Twitter. The league is ending its investigation into his social media activity.
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Veteran NBA referee Eric Lewis is retiring, effective immediately, and the league is ending its investigation into his social media activity, the NBA said in a release on Wednesday.

Lewis was under investigation for allegedly using an unauthorized burner account on X, formerly known as Twitter. During the NBA playoffs in late May, social media users pointed out a since-deleted account with the handle "@CuttliffBlair" that frequently defended Lewis and other NBA officials. The NBA launched a probe into the matter to determine whether Lewis violated a league rule that prohibits referees from commenting publicly on officiating matters without approval.

It had not been determined if Lewis was in control of the account. The NBA now considers the matter closed, according to its Wednesday release.

Newsweek reached out to the NBA and Lewis for additional comment.

Lewis, 52, was in his 19th season as an NBA referee. The longtime official had worked more than 1,200 games during his career. Amid the investigation, Lewis was not selected as one of the 12 referees to work the 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat. Lewis had worked the previous four Finals matchups.

The last game Lewis worked was Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on May 16. Reports of Lewis' alleged posts came shortly after.

Social media users had plenty of thoughts on Lewis' retirement. Here are some notable ones.

Lakers Fans React to Lewis' Retirement

Lewis has a history of upsetting Lakers fans with calls. And upsetting actual Lakers, too.

When news first broke that Lewis was being investigated, a pair of Lakers players weighed in, including The King. LeBron James and Patrick Beverly both reacted to the investigation on X, formerly Twitter, in May. James was trying to determine if the news was accurate, while Beverly recalled a viral moment from the regular season.

Beverly received a technical foul after taking a photographer's camera and showing it to Lewis after what the guard perceived to be a missed call in a game against the Boston Celtics.

Neither player has publicly reacted to Wednesday's news, but Lakers fans sure have.

Several fans of the purple and gold have posted memes, jokes, and more on X in the aftermath of Lewis' announcement. A frequent joke was posting James celebrating alongside the news that Lewis was retiring.

Other users pointed to some of the most notable officiating moments of Lewis' career, including the no-call involving James that preceded the Beverly camera incident.

The National Basketball Referees Association would later say that James was fouled on the last play of regulation in that Lakers game against the Celtics and that a foul should have been called.

"Like everyone else, referees make mistakes," the union said on what was then Twitter. "We made one at the end of last night's game and that is gut-wrenching for us. This play will weigh heavily and cause sleepless nights as we strive to be the best referees we can be."

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Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz have been selected as the 2024 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters.

For more than 40 years, the NEA has annually selected a select group of Jazz Masters. The program, which started in 1982, is one of the most prestigious honors in jazz. Abbey Lincoln, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Sonny Rollins are among the 173 fellows recognized by the NEA as great figures of jazz.

"Jazz is one of our nation's most significant artistic contributions to the world, and the NEA is proud to recognize individuals whose creativity and dedication ensure that the art form continues to evolve and inspire new audiences and practitioners," said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson in a statement.

Terence Blanchard

It's almost amazing that Terence Blanchard was not already a Jazz Master. Few more formidable musicians are working today - in any genre. Blanchard is only 61. That's relatively young for the recognition.

Born in New Orleans to an opera-loving father, Blanchard started playing the trumpet as a child. Summer camp friends included two princes of jazz: Wynton and Branford Marsalis. Wynton would eventually recommend Blanchard, then a recent Rutgers University graduate, to Art Blakey, then seeking a replacement in the Jazz Messengers. In the 1980s, Blanchard started playing with Lionel Hampton. Since then, he's written Academy Award-nominated film scores for director Spike Lee as well as for movies such as The Woman King.

Over the years, Blanchard has won multipleGrammys and a Peabody Medal. He made history in 2021 when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones became the first by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera. The following year, his opera Champion, based on the life of boxer Emile Griffith, became another hit for the Met. Recently, SFJAZZ named him the artistic director.

Willard Jenkins

Other jazz masters this year include broadcaster, educator and advocate Willard Jenkins, whose voice is familiar to jazz fans in New Orleans and the Washington, D.C., area, where he's hosted radio programs on stations such as WWOZ and WPFW.

"This award is utterly and completely gratifying!" he wrote in a statement. It's not the only one he's recently received. Jenkins also was honored with the 2024 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy. The Pittsburgh native first started writing about jazz for the Black student newspaper as an undergraduate at Kent State. A tireless advocate for jazz for many years in northeast Ohio, he taught at numerous universities and contributed to leading jazz publications. Jenkins ran the National Jazz Service Organization and served as artistic director of Tri-C JazzFest, BeanTown Jazz Festival, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center and the DC Jazz Festival, among others. He created a podcast about Billie Holiday, called No Regrets, and blogs about jazz on his website.

Amina Claudine Myers

Composer, musician and educator Amina Claudine Myers grew up in Arkansas and Dallas, Texas. She moved to New York City in the 1970s. The former elementary school teacher drew on her gospel background for compositions for choirs, organs and percussion. She's also worked in theater and collaborated with musicians around the world.

"Being selected as a 2024 NEA Jazz Master is a wonderful surprise and a great honor in my career as a musician," Myers wrote in a statement. "I am thoroughly surprised and ever grateful to be included amongst great artists that have come before me. This award has shown me that my music has touched people in a positive, spiritual, and loving way. I am inspired much more, and for that I am thankful."

Gary Bartz

Finally, the venerable saxophonist Gary Bartz has played with generations of jazz stars. In the 1960s, after graduating from Juilliard, he joined the Max Roach/Abbey Lincoln Group and the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop. In the 1970s, he played with Miles Davis and founded the Ntu Troop, which united avante-garde jazz with African folk, funk, soul and other genres. (Those recordings are often mined for samples by contemporary hip hop artists.) Bartz, who's been a professor of jazz saxophone at Oberlin College for nearly a quarter century, has released more than 40 solo albums, and he's appeared on more than 200 as a guest artist.

The new class of NEA Jazz Masters will be recognized at a ceremony on April 13, 2024 at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami capture first trophy in club history with nail-biting victory over Nashville FC in Leagues Cup final

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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami capture first trophy in club history with nail-biting victory over Nashville FC in Leagues Cup final

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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami capture first trophy in club history with nail-biting victory over Nashville FC in Leagues Cup final

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Lionel Messi's golazo and Drake Callender's shootout heroics have delivered Inter Miami CF's first-ever trophy, beating Nashville SC 10-9 in penalty kicks during Saturday night's pulsating Leagues Cup 2023 Final – all after the sides battled to a 1-1 draw at GEODIS Park. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi finished the tournament with 10 goals in seven matches since joining the team. That's why he's the goat better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

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In this post is mostly about, 2 brothers and there best friend went to go ride jet skis, and they happen to go a little to far from where they were supposed to be, and they entered Algeria and a man came up to them and started shooting at them and one of the brothers came out alive but he lost his brother and his best friend.(Ilyza hernandez)

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Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria

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Coastguards reportedly kill two French-Moroccan tourists who strayed into Algerian waters from Morocco.

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Fauci Speaks Out Over COVID Variant As Mask Mandates Reintroduced

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Anthony Fauci has said that there is "not going to be the tsunami of cases that we've seen" during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the emergence of two new variants of the virus. This new COVID variant shouln't be nearly as severe as the COVID-19 variant. You should look into the article, mainly, if you or someone you know has underlying issues.
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Anthony Fauci has said that there is "not going to be the tsunami of cases that we've seen" during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the emergence of two new variants of the virus.

Speaking to the BBC on Tuesday, the former chief medical advisor to the president, who was regularly the face of the government's response to the pandemic, played down the seriousness of the new strains, stressing that the vast majority of the population had enough immunity to prevent infections requiring medical intervention.

His remarks come as some private institutions, hospital operators, and colleges in the U.S. have reintroduced the requirements for staff or visitors to wear masks while at their sites to limit the spread of the new variants-EG.5 and BA.2.86-prompting speculation that fresh COVID restrictions could be on the horizon.

A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) told Newsweek on Thursday it currently has no intention to call for a return of mandated mask-wearing, but didn't deny that this might change if cases of the new variants were to rise significantly.

"[The] CDC does not issue mandates, we make recommendations, and they are based on the current circumstances," the spokesperson said. "We will continue monitoring and will adjust our recommendations accordingly."

However, Fauci suggested that a large spike in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 infections-which occurred several times during the pandemic, as new variants emerged in the population-was unlikely to happen again.

While he said that those with immunity "very well may get infected with the new virus that's circulating," the leading immunologist added that "96 percent or more of the population has some degree of immunity, either through prior infection or through vaccines, or both-with or without boosters.

"So if you get a surge of infections now, you're certainly going to see infections; you're going to see people that will likely get mild to moderately ill; you'll get some people, mostly the vulnerable-the elderly and those with underlying conditions-who might require hospitalization, and even some deaths.

"But I doubt very seriously...whether you're going to see the hospital and death surge that we've seen in the past, even if we get a surge of infections."

Though Fauci cautioned that "you never say things with complete confidence with this virus," he explained the lack of alarm was "because there's enough fundamental community-level protection that, even though you'll find the vulnerable will fall by the wayside-they'll get infected, they'll get hospitalized and some will die-it's not going to be the tsunami of cases that we've seen."

Fauci, who announced he would step down from his government roles in December, declined a request for an interview when approached by Newsweek on Friday.

In the week to August 19, there were more than 15,000 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 infections across the U.S., the most recent CDC monitoring figures show-a rise of nearly 19 percent on the previous week.

Admissions have been steadily rising since July, but are far below the highest peaks of the pandemic and appear to be localized into hotspots. The highest number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in any week since the virus first emerged was over 150,000 in January 2022, and the highest weekly total this year was over 44,000 in the first week of January.

The World Health Organization has categorized the EG.5 variant as of low risk to public health, while the CDC has assessed the BA.2.86 strain to be more likely to infect people who have existing immunity to the virus.

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The former chief medical advisor predicted that there was "not going to be the tsunami of cases that we've seen" before as two new variants emerge.

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this news posting is about the bison nd how they are not many.

what I have learned from this is that there aren't many bison left on earth.

I like one about messi because it shows that messi is a good player and a good person outside of the game of soccer

-Charlie Patton

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For over 10,000 years, many peoples in what's now known as North America relied on bison. Thirty million of these creatures stretched from modern Canada all the way down to Mexico.

But in the late 1800s hide-hunters and the U.S. military annihilated the bison, bringing them to the brink of extinction. And that had consequences for the people who relied on the bison. Consequences that we still see today.

Today, we hear from an economist who revealed the shocking numbers telling this story, and one member of the Blackfeet Nation who is trying to bring back the bison.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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The echo of the bison : The Indicator from Planet Money

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For over 10,000 years, many peoples in what's now known as North America relied on bison. Thirty million of these creatures stretched from modern Canada all the way down to Mexico. But in the late 1800s hide-hunters and the U.S. military annihilated the bison, bringing them to the brink of extinction.

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Taylor Swift's Eras Concert Movie Just Smashed Massive 'Spider-Man' Record

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What i learned is that Taylor Swift is making an Eras Tour movie. It will be showing her performances about her 10 albums. Also that she out sold Spider man no way home that made 16.9M while Taylor Swifts Era Tour made 26M in one day. My take is that people who like Taylor is exited and she sold a lot because she has so many #1 songs. Also that she is the most popular artist right now. I think people should read this because it shows her accomplishments  and how she is so famous now. Also because her music is good personally, and she has made a huge accomplishment.
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Taylor Swift has made history once again, this time by smashing cinema box office records with her newly announced concert film.

On Thursday, Swift revealed her Eras Tour would hit the silver screen on October 13, with tickets going on sale at the same time as the announcement.

The concert movie will show in AMC, Cinemark and Regal cinemas in the U.S. and will also show in Canada and Mexico.

AMC confirmed that tickets for the Eras Tour movie were highest advance sales in the company's 103-year history.

The film made $26 million in ticket revenue, which was also a new record for ticket sales for a single title on one day at AMC. The previous record of $16.9 million was held by Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Swift blew "Spider-Man's" box office record out of the water thanks to her Eras Tour concert movie.

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When a child is shot, doctors must heal more than just bullet holes.

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When a child is shot, doctors must heal more than just bullet holes.

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when a child is shot they don't just get traumatized physically they get mentally traumatized because brains they think about if they go back outside they will get shot again. Doctors help them overcome their fears in going outside again and so they tell them some things they can do like get into new friend groups , socialize, and even to workout as well. Also the children with the most trauma in the hospital get sent to the trauma rooms asap. it's sad because most of the deaths now and days are because gun violence and they go after people 17 and under mostly. everyone should be aware of this issue because it could be their babies , sibling , or any family member than can be in a situation like this that affect their mentality.

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With the number of young people shot by guns on the rise in the US, a children's hospital in the heart of the America's capital is trying to break the cycle of violence.

In the emergency room at Children's National hospital in Washington, DC, hospital beds line the corridors as cartoons blare on television sets.

Nearby, children with the most traumatic injuries are rushed to the trauma room. These are often victims of road traffic accidents, but in recent years, more and more children have arrived with gunshot wounds. Dr Mikael Petrosyan, a paediatric trauma surgeon who has operated on victims as young as three years old, says it's a near daily occurrence.

"It's shocking, because it's a senseless it's to me, it's mind boggling," he says.

Firearms are now the most common cause of death amongst people under 17 years old, outranking road traffic accidents. The rate of gun-related deaths amongst youths has doubled in the last decade, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open medical journal, but it has got even worse since Covid. According to Pew Research gun deaths among under 18's in the US rose by 50% between 2019-2021.

But it's not just the physical wounds though that need treating, say experts who work with gunshot victims. Dr Petrosyan says that children who have been shot before are much more likely to be shot again, often because they go right back to the same places, and the same people, that led to the initial shooting.

"That child not only gets traumatized, physically, but also mentally," he says.

Young victims may need help getting back on the right track - whether that means enrolling in school, finding a new group of friends or getting a job - in order to break the cycle of violence.

Dr Katie Donnelly, an emergency medical physician at National Children's Hospital, likens gun violence to a chronic illness that eventually proves fatal and says its endemic in parts of Washington DC.

"We have lots of families, who will say to us, every one of my children has been shot, or I still have my bullets in my body or his father was killed on the same street corner where he was shot," she told the BBC.

Last year, she launched the hospital's first youth violence intervention program. Instead of treating gun-shot wounds as isolated incidents, the programme takes that horrific moment in a young person's life and turns it into a starting point for change.

Yvonne Doerre, a social worker in DC for nearly thirty years, says there are many reasons behind the rise in youth gun violence. Guns are relatively easy to access, but there is also the lingering effects of the pandemic.

"When you go back to when Covid started, these kids were in fifth or sixth grades [ages 10-12], which are very volatile times in people's lives," she says. Without the structure of having to attend school in person, many young teens stopped attending online classes, and even failed to enrol in secondary school when the time came, she says.

"If you enrol then don't show, they'll look for you, but they never enrolled. You're just persona non grata. You don't exist," Ms Doerre says.

Getting youths enrolled and attending schools is one of the programme's key goals, but keeping them in school is not the only consideration. There is also the question of keeping young people caught up in gang violence away from the environment that made them a victim in the first place.

It's a fact the team has had to experience first hand. One of the first young men to enter the programme had his first gunshot wound when he was 13 years old. He joined the programme after his second shooting, and the team engaged with his family to talk about how best to help him. A few months later, he was shot and killed for a third and final time.

But there are successes. In their weekly meeting the team talked to a teenager who recently managed to get his job back due to the advice they gave him. For Dr Donnelly, there are many markers of success.

"How many Kids did I get back in school? How many kids did a summer work experience, and they're so proud and they show us their little their debit card with their first paycheque on it," Dr Donnelly says. "There are so many factors that affect whether or not a kid gets shot. We're just one piece of the puzzle."

Jewanna Hardy, who runs a youth programme called Guns Down Friday and has been working with the hospital team, agrees.

"Before this programme a kid would just get shot and go home," she says.

"They'd patch you up and you go on about your way."

"But now it's like a team of us, trying to figure out how we can change that kid's life, how we can change that family's life or community's lives."

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what i learn i that NASA’s new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office.UFOs have long been an object of fascination in the United States and abroad, and that obsession was fueled in 2017 with a bombshell New York Times report about numerous incidents in which US military pilots observed mysterious, oblong objects darting around at high speeds and a secretive government investigation into the topic.

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NASA's new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office.

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James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova

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James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova

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we are finally able to see the new SN1987A or better known as the pearl necklace super nova. Was spotted on February 24, 1987 looked originally like a ring with a sphere in the center and now it has expanded which now has a pearl necklace shape. Sure it might look like a harmless little thing in the sky but now is a small young star it is one of the most radioactive and harmful things in existence and is 20 maybe 30 times bigger than are already massive star that we have now

-Michael Dominguez

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It's like a celestial pearl necklace.

This is an image of a supernova - an exploded star - taken by the new super space telescope James Webb (JWST).

SN1987A, as it's known, is one of the most famous and studied objects in the southern hemisphere sky.

When the star went boom in 1987, it was the nearest, brightest supernova to be seen from Earth in almost 400 years. And now the $10bn (£8bn) Webb observatory is showing us details never revealed before.

SN1987A is sited a mere 170,000 light-years from us in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy adjacent to our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Astronomers are fascinated with the object because it provides an intricate view of what happens when big stars end their days.

The series of bright rings represent bands of gas and dust thrown out by the star in its various dying phases and which have since been excited and illuminated by the expanding shockwaves emitted in the last-moment collapse and detonation.

One of these rings is that string of pearls, which comprises material ejected, scientists calculate, about 20,000 years before the final event.

Webb gives us the clearest view yet of the necklace and the diffuse light around it. Webb also spies one or two pearly additions not present in earlier images from the likes of the Hubble Space Telescope (see bottom image).

"We're able to see new hotspots emerging outside the ring that has previously been illuminated," explained Dr Roger Wesson from Cardiff University, UK.

"In addition, we see emission from molecular hydrogen in the ring that was not necessarily expected and something only JWST could have revealed with its superior sensitivity and resolution," he told BBC News.

Another new feature are the crescents or arcs of emission inside the necklace but just outside the dense inner area that looks a little like a keyhole.

"We don't really understand the crescents yet," said Dr Mikako Matsuura, who led the latest analysis.

"This material could be being illuminated by some kind of reverse shock - a shock coming back towards the keyhole."

What Webb can't see is the star remnant. It's buried somewhere in the dense dust field that is the keyhole.

The remnant should be an extremely compact object composed entirely of neutron particles and measuring just a few tens of kilometres across.

For the past 36 years every large telescope that can see SN1987A has studied its evolving shape and features.

Central to these investigations is the question of why the supernova occurred in the first place.

Astronomers think the progenitor was a hot, relatively young star, perhaps 20 to 30 times as massive as our Sun. It was certainly big enough to produce the explosion but not at its stage in life.

"One of the mysteries of this star is that it exploded when it was a blue supergiant when at the time all the theories said only red supergiant stars could explode. So unravelling that mystery has been one of the great quests," said Dr Wesson.

"The indications are that Webb will be operational much longer than originally envisaged - maybe 20 years - and that will give us a very powerful tool to keep on monitoring SN1987A to see how it is changing."

The image at the top of this page comes from Webb's main camera, its Near-Infrared Camera or NIRCam. Combined with the telescope's 6.5m-wide primary mirror and associated optics it takes astonishing pictures.

But Webb's secret weapon is its suite of spectrometers, the instruments that split up the light coming from objects into their component colours. This reveals the chemistry, temperature, density and velocity of the targets under study.

Observations of SN1987A using Webb's Near Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, will appear in a published report shortly. This is expected to contain further, exciting revelations about this remarkable supernova.

James Webb is a collaborative project of the US, European and Canadian space agencies. It was launched in December 2021 and is regarded as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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12 things student loan borrowers should know about the return to repayment

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12 things student loan borrowers should know about the return to repayment

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What I learned from this article is that there are such things called loan forgiveness to where they will drop your loan all together; you can also discuss payment plans and such with an executive at said college

-Caleb Golding

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All good things must come to an end.

For three and a half years, tens of millions of federal student loan borrowers have enjoyed an unprecedented respite, not only from their loan payments but from the accumulation of interest on top of those loans. Countless books and doctoral theses will be written about what that money paid for instead; what matters today, though, is that interest resumes its inexorable march come September and, in October, so do loan payments.

Here's the problem for borrowers: A lot has happened over the past few years. Their lives have likely changed - perhaps dramatically - and, like them, so has the student loan system itself. Some of the biggest loan servicers pre-pandemic are gone, their borrowers shuffled to other servicers, and a new, more generous repayment plan awaits low-income borrowers.

It's a lot to navigate - but don't worry, we're here to help. NPR's Education Desk has been covering student loans for years. We've published investigations into mismanaged loan programs, and then written about the fixes that came out of those stories. And most importantly, we've been following every development in the pandemic payment freeze. It's a lot. So...

Here's a list of 12 things borrowers should know as they return to repayment.

1. It's time to log into your student loan portal (no really, stop putting it off!)

First thing's first. Many borrowers haven't checked in on their loans in months - in some cases, years. Or ever (I see you, younger borrowers)! That's fine. This is a guilt-free zone. But it's time to get online and get reacquainted - or acquainted for the first time.

Go to the U.S. government's federal student loan portal. You'll need your FSA ID to access your account. If you don't have one, or don't remember it, it could take some time. So don't delay.

Once you're logged in, make sure your contact information is up to date. If your email or brick-and-mortar address has changed, the U.S. Education Department and your servicer need to know.

Speaking of servicers, while you're there, you can find out who your servicer is now. It may be a name you've never heard before, like MOHELA (in case you're curious, it's moh-HEE-lah). Millions of borrowers got shuffled around during the pandemic. Don't be alarmed if you're one of them.

From there, you'll need to go to your servicer's website and add or update your contact information there too. Redundant? Perhaps, but you need to do it. If they can't find you, they can't bill you - but that won't keep your loans from ballooning with interest.

If all of this requires you to go down a rabbit hole remembering old passwords or your FSA ID, take a moment now to save them somewhere. Because moving forward, if you didn't before, you should make a habit of checking in on your loans every month or two.

If you can't figure out how to log into the government's portal, you can always call for help: 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).

2. Figure out the repayment plan that makes sense for you

The kind folks at the Department of Education's office of Federal Student Aid have built a handy tool to help you do just that. It's a loan simulator, and it will ask you all sorts of life questions, like whether you're currently employed, or paying for health insurance, or married (with children). It'll ask you where you went to school, how much debt you have and how much income you're earning. And then it will let you choose your plan based on how you answer the most important question of all ...

3. What is your repayment goal?

Do you want to pay as little money as possible in the short-run... or the long-run? For the long-run, the traditional, "standard" 10-year plan is almost certainly your best bet. You'll have larger, fixed payments right out of the gate - but that also means you'll end up paying the least amount of interest over time compared to other, more stretched-out plans.

The "graduated" plan works similarly, though you'll start with smaller payments that then get big enough over time that you'll still repay the loan in 10 years.

If shorter-term affordability is more your priority...

4. You might qualify for a $0 monthly payment!

If you're a young earner and want/need a low monthly payment, great. The Biden administration's new income-driven repayment plan, known as the SAVE plan, might be a good fit. If you're single and earn less than about $33,000, you should qualify for a $0 payment.

Among the many new perks with this plan: As long as you're paying each month what the government thinks you can afford, then it will waive any leftover interest not covered by your payment. For example, let's say your loans accrue $60 in interest every month, but your monthly payment is just $40. The government will waive the remaining $20 in interest. But don't be fooled. There's still interest, and you may end up paying a ton of it over the life of the loan.

Another example: Let's say you earn $40,000 and need to pay back $32,000 in federal student loans. According to the department's loan simulator, the cheapest way to do that, long-term, is to repay on the standard 10-year plan, with a $322 monthly payment. That plan would have you paying back a total of roughly $39,000 with interest.

On the other hand, under the SAVE plan, your initial payment would be just $60 a month. But, with interest, you'd be paying $49,400 over the life of the loan. This is really important. If you're making a small payment, say $60, it's possible much or even all of it would go toward interest.

Your loan won't grow, but it won't shrink quickly either. That's where loan forgiveness comes in.

5. Yes, loan forgiveness is still a thing

OKAY, deep breath... yes, the loan forgiveness landscape has been confusing. President Biden's big loan relief plan, to erase between $10,000 and $20,000 of student loan debt for most borrowers, was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. But there are other loan forgiveness options that are very real and plentiful.

Like Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Sure, you've seen stories about how poorly managed the program was (many of which came from NPR), but the Biden administration has since overhauled PSLF, making it easier to navigate. The rules are still roughly the same: work for 10 years in public service (in government or for a qualified nonprofit) while making 120 qualifying payments and your remaining balance will be forgiven. If this rings your bell, you should consider the new SAVE plan. There's no point paying hefty monthly sums upfront, through the standard 10-year plan, if you think you will qualify for forgiveness in 10 years anyway. Also, don't worry if you logged three years as a teacher, dabbled as a stock broker, then went back to teaching. The years of service don't have to be consecutive.

Income-driven repayment plans also come with different levels of forgiveness. Typically, it's 25 years for graduate school debt and 20 years for undergraduate debt. The new SAVE plan will also include a new tier of forgiveness for low-debt borrowers: folks who take out $12,000 or less can qualify for forgiveness after 10 years, though that part of the plan won't go into effect until July of 2024.

One last thing to consider as you weigh your odds of loan forgiveness...

6. You may get retroactive credit toward forgiveness

If I could write this section in neon, I would.

Right this minute, the Education Department is reviewing the records of millions of borrowers and giving them retroactive credit toward forgiveness for time already spent in repayment - time that didn't previously qualify: months in forbearance, deferment or other repayment plans.

This means, for older borrowers, enrolling in an income-driven repayment plan now, for the very first time, could come with 10, 15 or even 20 years of back credit toward loan forgiveness. Here's a quick explainer re: why that's happening and what it means for borrowers.

Skeptical? Earlier this summer, the first wave of borrowers - more than 800,000 of them - had their debts erased after receiving this retroactive account adjustment.

And next summer could bring a mini-explosion of loan forgiveness. Again, that's when the SAVE plan's new, 10-year forgiveness promise kicks in for borrowers with original loan balances below $12,000. Well, lots of these borrowers are in a position to get at least 10 years of back credit. Meaning, the moment the policy begins they'll qualify to have their debts erased.

7. Borrowers with old federal loans may want to consolidate

Millions of borrowers still have old loans known as FFEL Program loans. These date back to the days when federal loans were backed by the U.S. government but held by private banks, and these borrowers have gotten used to being excluded from previous loan relief efforts.

But it's not too late for FFELP borrowers to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness or forgiveness under that big, retroactive account adjustment the Education Department is doing right now. They simply need to consolidate their old loans into a new federal, Direct Consolidation Loan by the end of 2023, according to the Education Department.

8. Consider enrolling (or re-enrolling) in auto pay

If you tend to pay your bills at the last minute and have been known to miss a deadline or two, consider enrolling in auto pay. You'll even get a 0.25% cut on your interest rate.

If you were enrolled in auto pay before the pandemic, the Education Department says you'll likely need to re-enroll. So don't sit back and assume that train will roll without a fresh nudge.

9. There's an on-ramp for all of this

For the next year, the Biden administration is trying to ease borrowers into repayment by not reporting them to the credit agencies if payments are late or missed altogether. But don't take that as a license to wait. Interest will keep growing, whether or not you're making payments.

10. Avoid default

If a borrower goes 270 days without making a payment, they'll go into what's called default, which is a place so awful only Dante could do it justice. Default destroys a borrower's credit and allows the government to dip into your wages, tax refund and Social Security. In short, the government's likely going to get its money the easy way, or the hard way. Try the easy way first.

If you can't afford a monthly payment right now, that's fine - check out the SAVE plan. You may qualify for a $0 payment. You can also call your loan servicer and request a temporary forbearance or deferment - not as good as being on a repayment plan but preferable to default.

11. Borrowers already in default are being offered a "Fresh Start"

This is a big deal, but this fresh start requires that you opt in - it's not entirely automatic. If you're in default, you need to reach out to whoever holds your loan. That may be a guaranty agency. You can find a list of agency contacts here.

If your loans are still held by the U.S. Department of Education, you can initiate the fresh start process by going to this website or calling 1-800-621-3115. As part of that process, you'll be able to enroll in the new SAVE income-driven repayment plan, which should help keep your monthly payments reasonable while also keeping you out of default. According to the Education Department, half of Fresh Start borrowers currently have a $0 monthly payment.

12. Don't wait. Your servicer may be understaffed

NPR reported back in January that the federal office that oversees student loans has been flat-funded for the year, and it's now passing on its budget crunch to the servicers it pays to deal with borrowers. Several months ago, it gave those servicers permission to cut student loan call center hours. Now do the math:

More than 40 million borrowers returning to repayment + loan servicers cutting service = a whole lotta hold music, depending on your servicer and when you call.

So, if you can, try to get back on track online. You might be surprised by how useful the Education Department's loan tools can be.

And if you still have a question, don't wait till Oct. 1 to call your servicer.
Edited by: Nicole Cohen
Visual design and development by: LA Johnson

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What We Know About NFL Star Nick Bosa's Contract Holdout From 49ers.

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Nick Bosa and the 49ers can't come to an agreement on his contract. He didn't show up the teams training camp. Bosa is waiting for a big payday and they can't agree with the contract. If you like football you should read this article because Nick is a well known athlete.
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The San Francisco 49ers remain without one of their premier players despite being only days away from kicking off their first game of the 2023 NFL regular season.

Defensive end Nick Bosa, the reigning defensive player of the year, did not report for training camp this summer and is still away from the team amid a contract dispute. Bosa's status for Week 1 appears dependent on whether he and the 49ers can agree to a contract extension before the team travels to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 10.

Will Bosa be in a 49ers uniform this season? And what could his lucrative extension look like? Here's what we know.

Is Bosa Going to Be Traded?

The short answer? No.

During a press conference Wednesday, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and General Manager John Lynch were both adamant that Bosa will not be traded from the franchise.

"No, I feel pretty strongly, and I think everyone would agree with that," Shanahan said.

Shanahan admitted that the contract dispute has gone on longer than he would have thought. The seventh-year head coach said he is hoping the deal gets done and noted that the team and Bosa's representatives are working "tirelessly" to resolve the situation sooner rather than later.

After Shanahan spoke, Lynch was asked if there was even a small percentage of a chance that he would consider moving Bosa.

"No," he said. "Real simple."

Lynch said there were no updates on Bosa's contract as of Wednesday. The Pro Football Hall of Fame safety did say there has been good communication with Bosa's agent, Brian Ayrault.

Now that the 49ers brain trust has thrown some cold water on trade rumors, it begs the question: Why would San Francisco even want to trade their 25-year-old star? Bosa is a three-time Pro Bowler through four NFL seasons. Last year, he led the league with 18.5 sacks on his way to All-Pro honors. That's not the type of player NFL teams usually trade away.

Still, if the 49ers didn't believe a deal was going to get done this season, they might not want to risk losing Bosa in free agency next offseason without adequate compensation. This wouldn't be the first time a team traded a player it wanted to keep.

The 49ers seem to think they are close to a deal, however, and hypothetical trade discussions seem all but over.

Why Is Bosa Holding Out?

Bosa, the former No. 2 overall pick out of Ohio State, is entering the fifth and final season of his rookie contract. Translation: He is about to get a big payday that places him among the highest-paid players in the league.

But that hasn't happened yet, so the pass rusher remains away from the team.

Lynch is not a fan of having one of San Francisco's best players absent, he said last month, but he understands the situation and is optimistic about getting a deal done. NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero said on radio's Rich Eisen Show earlier this month that Bosa and the 49ers have a "mutual goal" of getting the contract worked out before the regular season begins.

Shanahan said Wednesday that the 49ers are prepared to play without Bosa in Week 1, but he hopes that doesn't end up being the case.

"Yeah, I can imagine anything," Shanahan said about Bosa missing the start of the season. "Doesn't mean I like that picture. Of course not.... So hopefully we can come to terms soon and get him here as fast as possible."

What Could Bosa's Contract Look Like?

Multiple reports indicate that Bosa wants a significant raise on his next contract that would place him among the highest-paid players in NFL history.

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald is currently the highest-paid defensive player in the league, based on annual average value. Donald makes $31.67 million a season in his current deal, good for 16th-highest overall in the league. Another figure Bosa may have in mind is Steelers pass-rusher T.J. Watt's $80 million guaranteed at signing, the highest of any defender.

Whatever the final numbers end up being, Bosa's new contract is going to be significant.

"He's a special player, he's going to get a special contract," Lynch said last week on San Francisco radio station KNBR. "I can tell you that. We're getting closer, and we're eager to bring this to a close."

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What we know about NFL star Nick Bosa's contract holdout from 49ers

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Bosa's status for Week 1 appears dependent on whether he and the 49ers can agree to a contract extension.

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'Sound of Freedom' Studio Executive Explains How 'War' Against Film Started

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The film Sound of Freedom has brought many conspiracy theories to peoples minds and as well as people labeling the film as "faith-based" or "conservative"

The conspiracy theory being that theaters are trying to stop people from watching the film, but many denying the theory causing a small media war.

I feel that it's very odd for people to think on opinions as "faith-based" or "conservative" instead of focusing on what the movie was trying to bring awareness to, I fee there are bigger issues in the world other then something being "faith based" or "conservative", only creating a negative environment that would resolve nothing.

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“Sound of Freedom” studio executive explains how “war” against film started

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“Sound of Freedom” is the 10th-highest-grossing film of the year so far.

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Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison in West Chester on Thursday morning.

A week ago, he was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an ex-girlfriend to death in front of her two small children.

Cavalcante is also wanted for murder in Brazil.
my take away is just that its crazy i just couldn't imagine someone doing that

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Danelo Cavalcante: Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison

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Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life last week for killing an ex-girlfriend in front of her children.

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Driver pulled over for his eye-catching passenger. See who was riding shotgun

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Driver pulled over for his eye-catching passenger. See who was riding shotgun

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A man in nebraska was pulled over for riding with a bull in his passenger seat .
- Diego Arauza

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A driver in Nebraska was pulled over for having a bull in the passenger seat of his car.

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Teachers should get paid more then 100,000 every year 

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Teachers should get paid more then 100,000 every year 

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we've all had teachers, some good some bad but bad ones don't last long. having a teacher who passionate about teachers is harder then diamonds and the ones that still wanna teach feel like they cant pursue what they love because of how little they are getting paid.     my mom was a kindergarten teacher and she tells me how evil those 3 to 2 year olds can be, she has to get bit, slapped, catch these little monsters, tell them to not eat crayons, she has to take care od 15 to 20 little kids who all have different problems.
thiers a lot of teachers at madison that i love most teachers here kinda look like they wanna teach but in high school things get a bit more serious, teachers have to deal with kids who are really depressed and these kids stress teachers out when they tell em "i feel like life isn't worth living" now that teacher has to worry about that kids and talk to him while also make sure that all the other kids do their work, talk to parents, talk to other teachers, grade hundreds of papers and go to meetings. It also surprises me that the people who are in charge of creating the next generation aren't getting paid more then 100,000 it also just makes me mad that were gonna lose more and more amazing teachers just because they cant afford rent or to feed their kid. its definitely a problem that should be more well known because as students i love to have a teacher who makes class fun and exiting and make me wanna acutely learn instead of go home

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Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot

Published. US Army veteran Joe Biggs, 38, was an instigator of the storming of Congress on 6 January 2021, prosecutors said. The former Infowars correspondent was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in May. In court, Biggs pleaded for leniency and expressed remorse for his actions. The sentence, handed down by US District Judge Timothy Kelly, is below both federal sentencing guidelines and the 33 years sought by prosecutors. Another Proud Boys member, Zachary Rehl, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years, also on a charge of seditious conspiracy.
-Brianna Gamez

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Biggs was convicted of a slew of charges in May, including seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to use, intimidation or threats to prevent officials from discharging their duties and interference with law enforcement during civil disorder.

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Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot

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The sentence is one of the longest so far handed out to participants in the 6 January riot.

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Adorable Moment Service Dog Falls Asleep on Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld

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Adorable Moment Service Dog Falls Asleep on Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld

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~A service dog is walking around disney when he comes along mickey and decides to fall asleep on him.
~My takeaway is even animals get tired and people are disney are so helpful
~My peers should be aware because service dogs aren't treated poorly and they get awesome lives even if they are working to help someone.
~Maricruz Gonzales

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Adorable moment service dog falls asleep on Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld

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“Oh this made me tear up,” said one viewer on TikTok. “Your dog knew Mickey was a good guy.”

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while the senate was giving a speech he froze up and stopped talking and everyone started to question what was going on with him
gabe canales

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What Happens if Mitch McConnell Retires Before His Senate Term Ends?

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The longtime Republican leader froze up during a news conference on Wednesday in Kentucky. The second such episode in recent weeks, it stirred speculation about his future in the Senate.

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Danelo Cavalcante, had gone to jail for life because he stabbed is ex girlfriend infront her two children. I think my peers should be aware of this because you never know who can be dangerous.
alex avila

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Danelo Cavalcante: Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison

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Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life last week for killing an ex-girlfriend in front of her children.

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Luis Rubiales: The kiss that shook Spanish and global football/BBC News

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n what should have been a time of great celebration for Spain, a historic Women's World Cup win has been overshadowed by a sexism scandal that has dominated global headlines.

Almost two weeks have passed since the country's now-suspended football federation president Luis Rubiales planted a kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso; a kiss he says was consensual but she says was not.

It was a moment broadcast live around the world, and a thunderous storm of criticism has followed.

The Spanish government, football's world governing body Fifa, the United Nations and countless players and clubs have condemned Rubiales' behaviour, and investigations are under way into his actions by Spanish police, a Spanish sporting tribunal and Fifa.

Regardless of what those investigations find, this was a kiss that shook football in Spain and all corners of the globe - and could be the catalyst for great change.

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The kiss that shook Spanish & global football

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It should have been a time of great celebration for Spain but a historic Women’s World Cup win has been overshadowed by a sexism scandal.

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Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria BBC

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Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria BBC

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Four friends accidently crossed over the border into algeria water the coastguard killed 2 tourist and one was arrested the other was able to get back to morocco and tell the story.

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Bull rides shotgun in Nebraska drivers car .

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Bull rides shotgun in Nebraska drivers car .

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In this article/video a cop pulls over a Nebraska driver because he was riding shotgun with a bull in his car . My takeaway from this is to not be stupid and do not transport big animals in a car . People should be aware of how others drive and be careful of their surroundings .
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China's Economy Faces a Very Real Threat—From Its Own Juggernaut 

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Companies across China are revealing their H1 2023 results, as required by law, detailing how they fared in the first six months of the year. What's been posted so far tells a story of struggling sectors, government intervention and coordinated social media campaigns to boost the positives and hopefully bury the bad news. My pears should know about this because its important,.......

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Companies across China are revealing their H1 2023 results, as required by law, detailing how they fared in the first six months of the year. What's been posted so far tells a story of struggling sectors, government intervention and coordinated social media campaigns to boost the positives and hopefully bury the bad news.

The Chinese property sector is in such a state, currently, that cities across the country are now waiving credit reports ahead of mortgage lending, according to state media reports.

Property developer Country Garden, facing default, reported a 48.9bn yuan ($6.7bn) loss for the first half of 2023 to the stock exchange on Wednesday. It raises the specter of Evergrande in 2021, facing ruin and in debt to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, after running wild in a loosely regulated property sector.

Country Garden is China's biggest property developer.

But if the slowdown in China's economy is sector-specific, then there may be some hope, and government interventions in recent days look to have made a slight difference. Property and construction accounts for a quarter of China's GDP.

The real concern is that the issues being uncovered in the sector are putting off homebuyers.

Yesterday, several Chinese cities announced, after guidance from the central bank, that first-time buyers could take loans without a credit check. Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Wuhan are among these cities.

The People's Daily has run an article entitled "10 Highlights of Chinese Economy in H1 of 2023," charting moments such as the first successful sea trial of the country's first domestically built cruise ship. Carmaker BYD's 140 percent profit rise is number one on their list.

Multiple bot accounts across social are also sharing these positive reports in an effort to somehow mask the very real issues being faced by everyone in the country.

Foreign investors sold a record $12 billion in Chinese stocks in August, reported the Financial Times. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned during a four-day visit to the country this week that American companies were starting to see China as "uninvestable."

China-based real estate marketplace operator Leju Holdings recorded that total revenue fell 6 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to $159 million U.S.

"China's real estate industry remained sluggish during the first half of 2023, seeing a slight first-quarter rebound but then returning to a downward trend during the second quarter. Combined with the ongoing difficulties experienced by China's real estate developers, these factors have created significant challenges for Leju's advertising and e-commerce operations," said Leju's CEO Geoffrey He.

Larry Hu, Chief China Economist and Managing Director at Macquarie, said: "The bottom line is that China's economy is not out of the woods yet, but it's not in crisis either. The property sector is faltering while confidence is probably at an all-time low.

"External pressures remain high, with exports slowing and the yield gap between China and the US widening. That said, these headwinds are mostly cyclical rather than structural. High frequency data suggest that the economy has stabilized at a low level. Meanwhile, policy actions over the past month have been in line with the pro-growth pivot at the July Politburo meeting, although policymakers need to act more decisively to pull the housing market out of its ongoing downward spiral."

The main pain points for the Chinese economy surround the property sector. New home sales in 30 major cities in August were 56 percent of the 2019 level, and 53 percent in July.

With the property peak season of September to October now active, the next few weeks will be crucial in establishing whether central government interventions have worked, a Macquarie update said yesterday.

"The biggest policy change so far is the reclassification of first-time homebuyers, regardless of the mortgage record, which could unleash the suppressed upgrade demand. But given the weak sentiment among homebuyers as well the looming default of some major developers, the sector remains as the key swing factor for the next 6-12 months," Hu added.

China's reopening after COVID lockdowns still has a long way to go, as the number of international flights in the first 29 days of August reached only 50 percent of the pre-pandemic level. While the world's second-biggest economy can recover, it may perhaps rue its strategies around the pandemic, as well as its regulatory practices. The slowing of the economic juggernaut may also explain the massive anti-corruption drive in the country at the moment, with a reported 36,000 cases brought before the courts in the first half of 2021.

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China's economy faces a very real threat-from its own juggernaut

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Chinese companies are releasing their results for the first six months of 2023, revealing an uncensored economic health check-up

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Germany prosecutes ex-Nazi camp guard aged 98Published/BCC News

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German prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man with complicity in the murder of some 3,300 people at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two.The man, not yet named, was an adolescent when he served as a guard at Sachsenhausen between July 1943 and February 1945, the indictment says.

He allegedly assisted in the "cruel and insidious" mass killing of inmates.

Since 2011, Germany has prosecuted ex-Nazis for complicity - not only for murder or torture as individuals.

But it is a race against time, as those indicted have been very old and some have died before going on trial. Brian Balderas

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Last year, a 101-year-old, Josef Schütz, was found guilty of assisting in mass murder at Sachsenhausen. He was given a five-year prison sentence, but died in April this year, still free while awaiting the outcome of an appeal.

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Germany prosecutes ex-Nazi camp guard aged 98

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A man is accused of complicity in the murder of thousands of Sachsenhausen concentration camp inmates.

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Mysterious dark spot detected on Neptune .

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Mysterious dark spot detected on Neptune .

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Astronomers have found large and mysterious dark spots within Neptune’s atmosphere and these spots were unexpected and occured out of nowhere .
- Diego arauza

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Mysterious dark spot detected on Neptune | CNN

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Astronomers have observed a mysterious large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, along with a bright feature that has never been spotted before.

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Ukraine war: Back to school under Russian attacks

"Inside Ukraine, attacks on schools have continued unabated, leaving children deeply distressed and without safe spaces to learn. Not only has this left Ukraine's children struggling to progress in their education, but they are also struggling to retain what they learnt when their schools were fully functioning," says Regina De Dominicis, Unicef Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

And it has been a while since schools were fully functioning in front-line cities like Zaporizhzhia, where remote education has been in place - with brief interruptions - since Covid restrictions were introduced in spring 2020.
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It was a quiet summer morning in Romny, a provincial town in northern Ukraine.

As Tetyana Prokopenko, a local headteacher, left for work last Wednesday, she told her husband she had to hold some meetings to prepare for the new term.

Shortly after 10:00 local time she would be dead, together with her deputy, secretary and a librarian.

They were all killed by a Russian kamikaze drone which almost completely destroyed their school.

"She was passionate about that school, it was her life. She was there 24/7," Mrs Prokopenko's husband, Valery, says, tearfully.

Russian air strikes will be a constant threat to Ukrainian teachers, children and parents as the new school term begins on 1 September.

According to Ukrainian authorities, more than 360 educational facilities have been completely destroyed and more than 3,000 damaged during the war with Russia.

Russia and Amnesty International have accused Ukraine of setting up military bases at schools, but Kyiv describes these allegations as "a campaign of disinformation and propaganda".

"I swear there were no military there," Valery says of the school in Romny where his wife was killed.

Metro-turned-classroom

To minimise the deadly threat, many pupils will be studying remotely, and it is up to the local authorities to decide whether schooling will be conducted in the classroom or from home.

Their decision depends on the security situation in each region, and on whether schools there have bomb shelters.

Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, is close to the Russian border and targeted frequently. Therefore, schooling there will almost exclusively be done remotely.

To enable at least some form of safe in-person education, the authorities there have built 60 classrooms at underground metro stations, enough to accommodate more than 1,000 pupils.

Deputy Education Minister Andriy Stashkiv has told the BBC that about a sixth of Ukrainian schools are now expected to work remotely - but that is far fewer than the one in three last year.

Wartime curriculum

Some 80,000 of their pupils will be logging in from Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine.

"It's a huge challenge for us and it's dangerous for them because the occupiers threaten them and their parents if they find out that they continue studying in Ukrainian schools. It's a very sensitive security issue and schools do not say who these pupils are because this can put their lives and health at risk," Mr Stashkiv says.

The school curriculum is also being adapted to wartime conditions, and studying mine safety will now be compulsory.

To make the course more accessible for younger children, it features Patron, the famous mine-sniffing dog, who also stars in a cartoon series educating young Ukrainians about the dangers posed by unexploded munitions.

Images of the friendly Jack Russell terrier help create the "atmosphere of psychological and mental safety" Ukrainian children need, Lesya Yurchyshyn, a teacher from Kyiv, told the BBC's Ukrainecast podcast.

Another feature of the curriculum that has been changed by the war with Russia is the removal of numerous Russian writers last year by Ukraine's education ministry.

Disruption caused by the war has had a devastating effect on the quality of education in Ukraine.

The UN's children's agency Unicef says that Ukrainian children are showing signs of "widespread learning loss".

"Inside Ukraine, attacks on schools have continued unabated, leaving children deeply distressed and without safe spaces to learn. Not only has this left Ukraine's children struggling to progress in their education, but they are also struggling to retain what they learnt when their schools were fully functioning," says Regina De Dominicis, Unicef Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

And it has been a while since schools were fully functioning in front-line cities like Zaporizhzhia, where remote education has been in place - with brief interruptions - since Covid restrictions were introduced in spring 2020.

"This isn't normal schooling," says Kostyantyn Samiylo, the head of the Perspektyva school in Zaporizhzhia. "Poor, poor children, they haven't seen proper schooling for three years!"

According to him, distance learning makes it much more difficult to motivate children or to test their knowledge.

Mr Samiylo describes how he has been missing the peaceful sight of children going to school - something you can only see further away from the front line.

"I got tearful when I visited western Ukraine last year and saw children going to school with their little bags. It's awful to think that our children don't have this opportunity," Mr Samiylo says.

But whatever impact distance learning may have on education in Ukraine, teachers, officials and parents all agree that safety comes first.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ Movie Earns $26 Million In Presale Tickets—AMC’s Single-Day Record

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the amount of money has been earned during her tour. Breaking records that have beat other big movies.
my takeaway is she is really famous and good
It would be good for my peers to see how famous she has gotten and how successful she is
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Taylor Swift's upcoming film of her Eras Tour- Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour-earned $26 million in single-day ticket sales at AMC Theaters, the company announced Friday, breaking AMC's record for single-day ticket sales previously held by Spider-Man: No Way Home.

AMC Theaters said it will add additional showtimes to "increase capacity where necessary and ... [+]
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Key Facts

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour brought in the record-breaking $26 million dollars less than three hours after advance tickets went on sale, according to AMC Theaters, which noted it will add additional showtimes to "increase capacity where necessary and available" because of "unprecedented demand."

Spider-Man: No Way Home-which recorded $1.9 billion at the box office-previously held AMC's single-day ticket sale record of $16.9 million in 2021, the company said.

Taylor Swift's concert film is expected to surpass $100 million in opening weekend sales, according to , which would make it the highest-grossing concert film over the $73 million earned by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

AMC noted that free movie passes will not be accepted for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, while its "Stubs A-List" members will also not be allowed to use their membership to reserve tickets.

Surprising Fact

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings rose just over 2.5% after Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour was announced, reaching as high as $14.04.

Big Number

$1.4 billion. That's how much the Eras Tour is expected to bring in when it ends in August 2024.

Forbes Valuation

Swift is the third-richest self-made woman under 40 with an estimated net worth of $740 million as of June 1, according to our estimates.

Key Background

Tickets for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour went on sale Thursday morning, shortly after the film was announced by Swift, who said the Eras Tour was "the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far." The film is produced by Swift's production company and directed by Sam Wrench, who previously directed Billie Eilish: Live At The O2 and Lizzo: Live In Concert. AMC said hours after the tickets went on sale that it had "upgraded its website and ticketing engines" in an effort to handle "more than five times the largest influx of ticket-buying traffic the company has ever experienced before."

Further Reading

Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' Movie Coming To Theaters-Joining Justin Bieber, BTS And Miley Cyrus On The Big Screen ( Forbes)

'Taylor Swift: Eras Tour' Film Earns Record-Breaking $26 Million In Presales At AMC Theaters ( Variety)

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Mr Budanov did not say whether the attack was carried out by Ukrainian or Russian operatives.

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Ukraine war: Drone attack on Pskov airbase from inside Russia - Kyiv

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Ukraine's military intelligence chief says two planes were damaged and two destroyed in Tuesday's attack.

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The drone attack on an airbase in the Russian city of Pskov on Tuesday was launched from inside Russia, Ukraine's military intelligence chief has said. My pears should know about this because its important to know whats going on in different states.

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