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An unusual hurricane season goes from ultra quiet to record busy and spawns Helene and MiltonOct 08, 2024 10:55 am - Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives. Befo...
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Biden sets a 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water saferOct 08, 2024 7:00 am - A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans.
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American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattackOct 08, 2024 6:56 am - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.
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Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physicsOct 08, 2024 6:53 am - Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said.
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Hezbollah steps up rocket fire into Israel, which sends more troops into LebanonOct 08, 2024 6:37 am - Hezbollah’s acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month.
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Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the oneOct 08, 2024 6:31 am - Florida work crews hustled to remove lingering wreckage from one hurricane ahead of another Tuesday, while thousands of people fearing a once-in-century direct hit from Milton streamed out of the populous Tampa Bay region to seek safety inland.
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Patrick Mahomes throws for 331 yards, Derek Carr hurt as Chiefs shut down Saints for 26-13 victoryOct 07, 2024 10:31 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, Kareem Hunt ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, and the Chiefs overcame more red-zone woes Monday to beat the New O...
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Perez's homer off Rodón sparks 4-run 4th inning and Royals beat Yankees 4-2 in Game 2 to tie ALDSOct 07, 2024 10:13 pm - NEW YORK — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 o...
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DePaul coach Doug Bruno on medical leave with assistant Jill Pizzotti taking over as interim coachOct 07, 2024 9:17 pm - DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno will be away from the team indefinitely after he suffered a medical incident last month, the school announced Monday. The 73-ye...
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Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher saysOct 07, 2024 8:45 pm - NEW YORK— Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger nu...