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A string of dead pilot whales line the beach at Tupuangi Beach in New Zealand's Chatham Archipelago, on Saturday.
Tamzin Henderson/APThe whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.
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An ornithologist, a cellist and a human rights activist: the 2022 MacArthur Fellows National News
This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."
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Russia arrests 8 people for the blast on a Crimea bridge as Ukraine denies involvement National News
Security agents arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and an Armenian as suspects in the explosion, which disabled a critical link between Russia and the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014.
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The class of 2022's average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20.
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Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here's what can be done National News
A report from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds that 36% of counties in the U.S. are "maternity care deserts," meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers.
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The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity National News
Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.
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Illyanna Maisonet's new cookbook reflects the diversity of the Puerto Rican diaspora National News
Her book, out Oct. 18, is a memoir, cookbook and retelling of Puerto Rican history. It's also a testament to her life's work of documenting and preserving the food of the Puerto Rican diaspora.
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Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more National News
As part of his project "The Currency," Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.
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