Hurricane-force winds were forecast in parts of the Bering Sea, while small communities around 90 miles from the hub community of Nome expected water levels that could be up to 18 feet above the normal high tide line.
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How to win an Ig Nobel prize? Design a crash-test moose dummy.
The sex lives of constipated scorpions and cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics also inspired the winners of this year’s prizes for comical scientific achievement.
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Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard moving to military base
Authorities say the nearly 50 people flown to the island on the orders of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be moved to housing on Cape Cod.
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Breaches of voting machine data after 2020 election raise worries for midterms
One concern is the possibility that rogue election workers, including those sympathetic to Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election, might use their access and the knowledge gained through the breaches to launch an attack from within.
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Surprise is key part of migrant travel from Florida and Texas to Martha’s Vineyard
Republican governors are surprising Democrat-led cities and states with large influxes of migrants. Providing little or no information is part of the plan.
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Residents of Mississippi’s capital say racism is at root of water crisis
While the state plans to stop handing out free bottled water Saturday night, the city said water pressure still hasn’t been fully restored, and state health officials said lead in some pipes remains so worrisome that pregnant women and young children should still use bottled water.
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Ukraine unearths mass gravesite, says bodies bear signs of torture
Workers hauled body after body out of the sandy soil in a pine forest near Izium that police said contained 445 graves in an area recently recaptured from Russian forces.
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Phony document lands on court docket in Trump search case
A document purporting to be from the U.S. government and claiming the Treasury Department had information related to the search at Donald Trump’s Florida estate was a fabrication
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China sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Defense CEOs over Taiwan arms sale
The U.S. announced a $1.09 billion arms sale to Taiwan last week.
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Biden accuses Republicans of using migrants as ‘props’
The president spoke hours after two buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington.