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Map Shows America’s Favorite Shark Species
<!--qv q:id=am q:key=vcaa:Steven Spielberg’s seminal blockbuster Jaws (1975) swam into theaters the summer of 1975. Fifty years later, great whites like the movie’s maneater are still the most iconic shark species in the country. To see how its popularity...
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Carlee Russell’s 2023 Disappearance Triggered A Nationwide Search — Then It Came Out That She Faked Her Kidnapping
Carlee Russell came up with an elaborate kidnapping hoax in July 2023, triggering a nationwide search before reappearing and admitting that it was all a ruse she'd devised after a fight with her then-boyfriend.Hoover Police DepartmentCarlee Russell admitted to...
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What we know about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning states from regulating AI for 10 years
Claim:
H.R. 1, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, contains a provision that bans states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years.
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ContextIf the "Big Beautiful Bill" becomes law, states and local governments would be unable to enforce...
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Ireland Begs Tourists to Stop Wedging Coins Into the Giant’s Causeway
<!--qv q:id=am q:key=vcaa:Northern Ireland is home to the Giant’s Causeway, a collection of about 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns that protrude from the North Atlantic Ocean and lead up to the foot of a cliff. The UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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2 American aid workers injured at food distribution site in Gaza; Palestinians die amid airstrikes and attempts to find food
Two American aid workers with the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were injured in...