Two people were killed and 10 others injured after a highway was washed out Monday night near the town of Lucedale, Mississippi, officials said.Two people were killed and 10 others injured after a highway was washed out Monday night near the town of Lucedale, Mississippi, officials said.
Monthly Archives: August 2021
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The world’s largest seed, the coco de mer, is legendary among plants. It can weigh over 50 pounds and measure up to three feet in circumference. Before it was discovered that it grew on palms native to the Seychelles, seamen who caught a glimpse of one drifting in the Indian Ocean thought it came from […]
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Ida could leave 1 million without power for up to a month — and now comes scorching heat
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The Gulf Coast is still sifting through the aftermath and launching rescue missions in the wake of Ida’s landfall as a hurricane, and officials say some areas could spend up to the next month of their recovery without power.The Gulf Coast is still sifting through the aftermath and launching rescue missions in the wake of […]
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‘The possibilities are endless on how fast we can go,’ says Paralympian David Brown, the world’s fastest blind athlete
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It was in the stands of Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium that David Brown’s dreams of a career in track and field started to take hold.It was in the stands of Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium that David Brown’s dreams of a career in track and field started to take hold.
Rocket startup Astra failed to send a rocket into orbit for the third time — with this attempt sending the craft hovering instead of launching towards space.Rocket startup Astra failed to send a rocket into orbit for the third time — with this attempt sending the craft hovering instead of launching towards space.
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America’s chaotic, humiliating — yet, at times, heroic — final retreat from its defeat in Afghanistan will resonate for years after the last military jet lifted off from Kabul at 11:59 p.m. local time on Monday, ending the country’s longest war.America’s chaotic, humiliating — yet, at times, heroic — final retreat from its defeat in […]
