Noa Argamani's friend says no one can escape videos and firsthand accounts of the Hamas attacks
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An Israeli man describes the moment he held his shelter door closed with his hands to stop Hamas militants on the other side from shooting his family
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Turtles purr like cats, croak like frogs, and even breathe like Darth Vader. No one really understands why.
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The full list of everyone who's been sentenced in the college admissions scandal so far
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Survivor of New York urologist charged with sexually abusing patients says he spoke out so the doctor 'had no more opportunities to abuse anyone'
The DOJ said Dr. Darius Paduch abused multiple patients starting when they were minors. The New York doctor was arrested and pleaded not guilty.
The man in charge of deporting Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' explains how he plans to fly 70 of them across the world
The government agency handling Colombia's hippo relocation explains how they will trap, sedate, and fly 70 hippos to zoos in Mexico and India.
'The Last of Us' is based on real science: A fungus pandemic is unlikely, but not impossible
Zombie fungus is real, but it's not a threat to humans. Health experts are worried about a global rise in other fungal infections.
Scientists studied flamingo personalities and discovered the pink birds form cliques like high schoolers
Researchers found that flamingos have varying personality types, and like-minded birds tend to hang out with each other in close-knit cliques.
A white student is suing historically Black Howard University for racial discrimination after classmates called him 'mayo King'
Michael Newman compared himself to Black students at predominantly white schools, frustrating his classmates and administrators, per his lawsuit.
The 4-day workweek: Science explains why it could improve our minds, bodies, and companies' bottom lines
UK companies that tried the four-day workweek reported no drop in revenue, and employees said they had less stress, better sleep, and more time.
Animals full of PFAS 'forever chemicals' have been found on every continent except Antarctica, new report finds
Animals breathe air, drink water, and eat food contaminated with PFAS just like us. Mapping the pollution reveals a big forever-chemical cleanup job.
At least 476 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. This table shows them all.
More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes over the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, and 476 have pleaded guilty over two years later.
At least 1,003 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.
Thousands of pro-Trump supporters descended on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Two years later, more than 1,000 have been charged with crimes.
I tried to see the green comet, but made 3 crucial mistakes that left me disappointed
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Night-sky photography is offering a sneak peek at the green-comet spectacle you could spy with binoculars or a telescope on February 2.
Tyre Nichols' mom was mere blocks away when Memphis cops beat her son, and said she felt a pain in her gut when it happened
"My son was calling my name, and I was only feet away, and I did not even hear him; you have no clue how I feel right now," mom RowVaughn Wells said.
The US Army has been dredging the Mississippi River 24/7 for 6 months. The drought crisis that grounded barges and unearthed fossils may finally be over.
A drought along the Mississippi River may finally ease in February, which would end months of constant vacuuming of the riverbed for barges.
The US had 647 mass shootings in 2022. Here's the full list.
More than 44,000 people died due to gun violence overall in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which keeps tracks of US mass shootings.
Why we love to anthropomorphize space-faring robots
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