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A StoryCorps Video About How Astronaut Ronald McNair Integrated His Hometown Library

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The Late Eartha Kitt Returns as a Comic Book She-ro

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Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint December 9, 2022
The high failure rate of the elite force’s selection course shunts hundreds of candidates into low-skilled jobs.
A Rush to See Hawaii’s Eruption Reveals Social Fissures on the Big Island December 9, 2022
The slow-moving lava flow from Mauna Loa’s rare eruption is drawing excited tourists, while drawing out long-simmering cultural tensions.
Tech Layoffs in U.S. Send Foreign Workers Scrambling to Find New Jobs December 9, 2022
Workers on visas, many of them waiting years for green cards, now face having to leave the country unless they get hired within 60 days.
Prosecutor Says Colorado Shooting Suspect’s Family Did Not Cooperate in Prior Case December 9, 2022
The suspect’s mother and grandparents did not testify, resulting in dropped charges after a 2021 threat, the district attorney in Colorado Springs said.
Golf Course on Ancient Earthworks Must Surrender Lease, Justices Say December 9, 2022
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the state historical society could pay a country club to acquire its lease on the Octagon Earthworks, with the intent of opening the site as a public park.
An App for Naturalists Offers a Shared Sense of Reality December 9, 2022
As civil discourse online and off increasingly proves elusive, a website devoted to identifying plants and animals may be teaching humans how to get along.
That Mysterious Object on a Florida Beach? It’s a Shipwreck. December 9, 2022
Last month people noticed wood jutting from the sand in Daytona Beach Shores. Speculation ran wild, but archaeologists now say it was a ship, most likely a 19th-century merchant vessel.
Yes, Madeline, You Can Have a Unicorn, L.A. County Tells Girl December 9, 2022
Animal control officials issued a license to a 6-year-old in search of a unicorn on the condition that she feed it watermelon and give it “regular access to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows.”

The Guardian, UK

Pakistani journalist’s killing in Kenya ‘a pre-meditated murder’ December 9, 2022
Fact-finding team sent by Pakistani government finds contradictions in reports on Arshad Sharif’s deathA team set up by the Pakistani government to investigate the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradictions in the version given by Kenyan authorities, and believes it was a case of pre-meditated murder.The TV j […]
‘Bring your own syringe’: Malawi’s medical supplies shortage at crisis point December 8, 2022
A lack of essential drugs and equipment is causing health centres to close, while critics accuse the government of complacencyHealth workers in Malawi claim the government is “ignoring” acute shortages of drugs and equipment that are crippling the country’s hospitals.Patients have been asked to bring in their own syringes while the theatre and labour ward at […]
Rising temperatures causing distress to foetuses, study reveals December 8, 2022
Climate crisis increases risks for subsistence farmers in Africa who usually work throughout pregnancyRising temperatures driven by climate breakdown are causing distress to the foetuses of pregnant farmers, who are among the worst affected by global heating.A study revealed that the foetuses of women working in fields in the Gambia showed concerning rises i […]
Delighted Morocco fans dance in the streets of London after World Cup win December 6, 2022
Crowds mass joyfully in centre of capital after 3-0 victory on penalties against Spain puts team in quarter-finalsElated Morocco fans celebrated on the streets of London on Tuesday night following their team’s triumph over Spain in the last 16 of the World Cup.Footage showed crowds of people around Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus and Edgware Road chanting, […]
Ramaphosa account of ‘Farmgate’ cash backed up by businessman December 6, 2022
Hazim Mustafa says he paid $580,000 for cattle at South African president’s ranch in 2019A Sudanese businessman has confirmed that he made the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars for cattle at the centre of the scandal threatening to unseat South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa.The embattled president launched legal action on Monday to challenge […]
Former development secretaries urge Sunak to increase east Africa aid amid drought December 6, 2022
‘Famine in all but name’ ravaging Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, yet British aid is one-fifth of 2017 amountThe UK urgently needs to do more to help more than 28 million people in drought-stricken Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, two former secretaries of state for international development and the heads of 14 of the UK’s leading aid agencies have warned in a join […]
Canada: hopes rise for landfill search where Indigenous women’s bodies believed to be buried December 9, 2022
Manitoba site pauses operations, raising prospect that search for bodies of Long Plain First Nation women could be possibleOperations have paused at a Canadian landfill where the bodies of at least two Indigenous victims of an alleged serial killer are believed to be buried, amid mounting frustration that authorities are not doing enough to recover the bodie […]
Weather tracker: Heatwave sweeps South America as Argentina hits 43C December 9, 2022
Weather warnings issued as worshippers brave temperatures to celebrate Catholic holy dayA heatwave has hit parts of central South America this week, coinciding with the Immaculate Conception pilgrimage attended by Catholic worshippers.A sizzling 43.5C was recorded in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on Wednesday, a day before the holy day. Weather warnings fo […]

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World Cup 2022: Argentina beat the Netherlands in penalty shootout to reach semi-finals December 9, 2022
Argentina will face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals after beating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout as Lionel Messi scores and Emiliano Martinez saves two spot-kicks.
World Cup 2022: Croatia 1-1 Brazil (4-2 pens): Tite's men knocked out December 9, 2022
Tournament favourites Brazil are knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia keep their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals.
Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia December 9, 2022
The basketball star returns home 10 months after she left the US to play the game in Russia.
The moment Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout cross on airport tarmac December 8, 2022
After being freed from Russian and US prisons, Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout crossed in Abu Dhabi.
Ukraine war: US says Russia and Iran in full defence partnership December 9, 2022
The US says it has seen reports that the countries are considering joint production of drones.
WTO says Trump's US steel tariffs broke global trade rules December 9, 2022
The US said it disagreed with the ruling and would not remove the border taxes.
George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter December 9, 2022
J Alexander Kueng is already serving time for a federal sentence for violating Mr Floyd's civil rights.
Ex-MEP arrested over allegations of bribery by Gulf state December 9, 2022
Prosecutors suspect the country tried to influence European Parliament decisions through bribery.