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Year: 2024

A pregnant shark was tagged and monitored for 5 months, then disappeared. Scientists now know its fate

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When scientists attached a tag to a pregnant porbeagle shark in October 2020 to learn more about the creature’s habitat, they didn’t expect their tracker to capture evidence of how large sharks hunt one another. But when the tracker registered some unexpected activity in March 2021, the scientists realized

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Brazil’s Lula fires human rights minister accused of sexual misconduct

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he was involved in sexual misconduct. In a statement released early Friday evening, the presidential palace said Lula considers the keeping the minister in his position to be unsustainable considering the nature

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‘Demon Copperhead’ author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Foundation has awarded Barbara Kingsolver a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), which has previously been given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Joan Didion among others. Kingsolver’s novels, including “The Bean Trees,” “The Poisonwood Bible” and “Animal Trees,” have sold millions of

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An American woman accused of murdering 2 of her children fights extradition in a London court

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A prosecutor in London says an American woman accused of murdering her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God was making her do it. The harrowing details emerged this week in Westminster Magistrates’ Court where Kimberlee Singler is fighting extradition

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Jamaica’s female farmers rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through women-led cash voucher program

Associated Press CROSS KEYS, Jamaica (AP) — More than two months after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes. It’s a particular burden on female farmers, who make up one-third of the country’s registered farmers and are often

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Michigan judge loses docket after she’s recorded insulting gay people and Black people

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as lazy. Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket on Aug. 27 for unspecified misconduct. Now the court’s administrator has stepped

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