Informational YouTube videos became the focus of far-right social media accounts.
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Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
At around 50 feet from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus.
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Rudy Giuliani faces hours of questioning before grand jury in Georgia 2020 election probe
The Fulton County district attorney last month filed petitions to compel testimony from 7 Trump associates and advisers. She has also said she’s considering calling Trump himself to testify.
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Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the U.S. West
Golden eagles, with 7-foot wingspans, are doubly vulnerable – to the shifting climate and to the wind energy promoted as a solution to that warming world.
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Ukrainians flee grim life under Russian occupation: Shortages, disappearances, fear
Moscow-installed officials are pressuring residents who remain in Kherson to take Russian citizenship.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Massachusetts anti-immigration group’s environment suit can proceed
The group argues that the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies imposed by former President Donald Trump.
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Federal CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes
The changes include internal staffing moves and steps to speed up data releases.
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Florida prosecutor sues DeSantis for suspension over abortion, LGBT rights
DeSantis said he suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren this month for signing a national pledge to not prosecute women and doctors for violating state abortion laws or families seeking treatments for transgender minors.
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Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia election probe
It’s unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney for Trump will be willing to say now that his lawyers have been informed he’s a target of the investigation.
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Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.