Russia Pounds Ukraine With ‘One of the Largest Strikes’ of the War
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Russia Pounds Ukraine With ‘One of the Largest Strikes’ of the War

President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned an assault of more than 200 missiles and drones that ranged from Kyiv to Odesa to Ukraine’s West. Energy infrastructure was again a target.…

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New vaccines arrive this week as COVID wave wallops California
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New vaccines arrive this week as COVID wave wallops California

New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available as soon as this week, a promising development amid California’s potent and enduring summer wave of the disease. The U.S.…

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Hungry for Clean Energy, Facebook Looks to a New Type of Geothermal
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Hungry for Clean Energy, Facebook Looks to a New Type of Geothermal

As electricity demand from data centers soars, Meta and Google are looking at a novel solution: harnessing clean heat far below Earth’s surface. Source link

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Woman dies on opening day at Burning Man; cause is under investigation
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Woman dies on opening day at Burning Man; cause is under investigation

The desert festival Burning Man kicked off Sunday in Nevada on a sour note with the death of a female attendee. The woman, whose name was not released,…

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Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty
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Trump and Harris Embody a Stark Partisan Divide on Fighting Poverty

The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rates down, but their approaches could hardly be more different. Source link

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Heat deaths continue to rise nationally, as California officials
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Heat deaths continue to rise nationally, as California officials

Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, where high temperatures have caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 21,500 people since 1999, new…

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We’re Still Talking About Kamala Harris
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We’re Still Talking About Kamala Harris

The convention may be over, but there’s still a lot to discuss. Source link

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Column: Newsom and lawmakers bow to Google, sticking it to the news industry
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Column: Newsom and lawmakers bow to Google, sticking it to the news industry

SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom once talked big about forcing internet giants to pay for the products they heist and profit off. But last week he scuttled legislation to…

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Museum to Part With Cranach Portrait Sold as Owner Fled the Nazis
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Museum to Part With Cranach Portrait Sold as Owner Fled the Nazis

The Allentown Art Museum agreed to sell the work, by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop, to settle a restitution claim by a Jewish family, which will…

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Long Beach moves on homeless sites even as officials say they fear causing more harm
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Long Beach moves on homeless sites even as officials say they fear causing more harm

In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.…

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