A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.25 billion. Here’s how hard it is to win
If someone wins it all when the next drawing takes place, the jackpot would be one of the largest in U.S. lottery history.
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Surfs up takes on new meaning as California waves get bigger as Earth warms, research finds
New research shows winter waves off California’s Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms.
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Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths
China’s capital has recorded 29.3 inches of rain over the past few days. At least 26 people remain missing from the rains.
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Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question
Critics have long alleged that Trump’s fear of prosecution was a chief motivator for his decision to mount another campaign.
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Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
The 45-page indictment is informed, in part, by contemporaneous notes that Mike Pence kept of their conversations in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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U.S. Senate office buildings locked down over reports of shooter
Staff working in the building were instructed to remain quiet and silence all electronics.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife to separate
The couple were married in 2005. They have 3 children.
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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
The DOJ has placed a moratorium on federal executions and has declined to authorize the death penalty in hundreds of new cases, but federal prosecutors said death was the appropriate punishment for Bowers.
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Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find
More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world’s population, sweated through at least 1 day where climate change had a significant effect on the average daily temperature.