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Oil spill leads Israel to close beaches as it faces one of its ‘most severe ecological disasters’

Israeli authorities are trying to locate the source of a suspected oil spill that has been described as one of the most severe ecological disasters to hit the country, threatening wildlife, forcing beaches to close and prompting a mass cleanup. Blobs of sticky tar started washing up on the country’s Mediterranean shores last week. Images

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A spacecraft named for ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson has arrived on the International Space Station

A spacecraft named for the famed NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has arrived at the International Space Station with about 8,000 pounds of cargo in tow. The S.S. Katherine Johnson, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, launched on Saturday from a NASA facility in Virginia and made it to the space station early Monday morning. It

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‘It was emotional for all of us’: High school student gets special moment on Senior Night after rare Covid complication ends her season

Click here for updates on this story     CLINTON, IA (WQAD) — From the outside looking in, it’s hard to see what’s really going on. For the Clinton River Queens, that’s true. The Queens went through the ups and downs of the season without their star point guard, Elle Davis. “She’s got a really nice shot,”

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Covid-19 devastated this small city. Volunteers are going door-to-door to ensure people get vaccinated

The last 12 months have been tolling for Linda Harris, who lives in a small Southwest Georgia city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m tired of losing grandparents, grandmamas, granddaddys and some of our small children, too.” Back-to-back funerals and a marathon proved to be deadly, as the virus quickly spread throughout Albany, Georgia.

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