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Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze like humans

By MADDIE BURAKOFF
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders ...
Japan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23.4 billion loss in the April-June quarter as the value of its investments sank amid global worries ab...
Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods

By ALLEN G. BREED
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) - Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted, gutted buildings along Main Street, an incongruous sight appe...
Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including m...
Southwest attendant suffers broken back in hard landing

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, accor...
Today in History: August 8, Nixon announces his resignation

By The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2022. There are 145 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard...
Woman injured by polar bear on Norway's Svalbard Islands

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A polar bear attacked a campsite Monday in Norway's remote Arctic Svalbard Islands, injuring a French tourist, authorities said, adding that t...
Pfizer buying spree continues with $5.4B hematology deal

By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - Pfizer will spend about $5.4 billion to buy Global Blood Therapeutics as the pharmaceutical giant continues to invest some of the cash influx reaped during the COVID-19 ...
Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and SHELBY LUM
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years -- i...
Albuquerque police seek car in killings of 4 Muslim men

By STEFANIE DAZIO and MARIAM FAM
Aug 08, 2022 7:00 am - Authorities on Monday identified the fourth victim in a series of killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the deaths sent ripples of fear through the Islam...

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