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How to see two bright, once-in-a-lifetime comets with your naked eye

By Kasha Patel
Oct 11, 2025 3:12 pm - Two rare bright comets are visiting our neighborhood this month, making for once-in-a-lifetime viewing. The comets, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are already s...
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

By PATRICK WHITTLE
Oct 11, 2025 2:53 pm - BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales...
A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

By JACK BROOK
Oct 11, 2025 2:36 pm - NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characte...
There are no survivors in blast at a Tennessee explosives factory, sheriff says

By ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER
Oct 11, 2025 1:52 pm - McEWEN, Tenn. — The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities said Saturday. The total number...
Are people happy? One man has been asking, and this is what he learned

By Maggie Penman
Oct 11, 2025 1:44 pm - Five years ago, filmmaker Atdhe Trepca quit his job and drove across the country with a camera, asking strangers if they were happy.People seemed surprised by his question, but most answered earnestly.
Palestinians return to ruins and the US expects hostages freed on Monday as Gaza ceasefire holds

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK
Oct 11, 2025 1:38 pm - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis che...
AstraZeneca agrees to lower drug prices for Medicaid under Trump administration deal

By WILL WEISSERT
Oct 10, 2025 8:27 pm - WASHINGTON — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid unde...
National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police

By ADRIAN SAINZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 10, 2025 6:19 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and...
Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

By STAN CHOE
Oct 10, 2025 5:16 pm - A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered Friday, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.6%.
A one-click button to protect your privacy is finally real

By Shira Ovide
Oct 10, 2025 4:50 pm - It’s taken wobbly fits and starts, but California shows what can be accomplished with a relentless focus by citizens, companies, consumer advocates and government officials on giving you real, simple power over your privacy. You can get some of those privacy powers now even if you don’t live in California.

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