[BBC] Scientists are learning just how fast the ice margin of Antarctica can retreat in a warming world. They’ve identified features on the seafloor that indicate the ice edge was reversing at rates of up to 50m a day at the end of the last ice age. That’s roughly 10 […]
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[Business Insider] HBO Max’s “Love Life” and Amazon’s “Homecoming” are some of the buzziest streaming TV shows this week. Every week, data company Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with the top streaming originals with the biggest week-over-week increase in demand in the US. These aren’t necessarily the most popular titles, […]
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[AccuWeather] An already active Atlantic hurricane season — which hasn’t officially begun yet — could take a turn for the record books with a new disturbance that looks poised to strengthen. An already active Atlantic hurricane season — which hasn’t officially begun yet — could take a turn for the […]
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[CNN Business] New York – Twitter says President Donald Trump has violated its rule against glorifying violence and has affixed a warning label to one of his tweets — the first time such action has been taken against the president’s account. The social media platform is using what it calls a “public […]
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[Bring Me The News, Reuters] Wednesday night’s protest-turned-riot has left behind a trail of burned out buildings, smashed windows, and looted stores in south Minneapolis and beyond. Much of the damage was centered on the area around the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct on Lake Street, where protests over the death […]
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[WCCO, CBS] MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis is in the midst of a third night of unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, with protesters taking over the police department’s 3rd Precinct building late Thursday night. The break-in happened at about 10 p.m., with helicopter footage showing a large fire burning near […]
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[Chicago Tribune] Gov. J.B. Pritzker confirms that all four regions of Illinois will move to the third phase of his five-phase reopening plan on Friday. The 28-day tracking period for all four regions will reset on Friday, meaning the earliest any region could move into the next phase is June 26, Pritzker […]
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[WHSV] RICHMOND, Va. — As of Thursday, May 28, Virginia has had 41,401 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Graphic courtesy: Virginia Department of Health That’s a rise of 1,152 cases since Wednesday, alongside 11,447 newly reported tests, which […]
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[CNBC] The U.S. has surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths as a result of the coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, significantly more than any other country in the world. A tally from Johns Hopkins University showed 100,047 deaths as of Wednesday evening. More than 5.6 million people […]
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[KNBC, GETTY IMAGES] What to Know Another 933 confirmed cases of the illness were announced, while Long Beach added 61 more, giving the county a total of 48,761. A total of 53% of the county’s deaths from the virus have occurred in institutional settings, the vast majority of those at […]
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