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An HII-A rocket blasts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.
APThe telescope will measure the speed and makeup of what lies between galaxies, information to help study how celestial objects were formed.
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Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows National News
The details of Danelo Cavalcante's escape, including that he got out using the same route another prisoner took in May, were released as police flooded a search zone of increasingly worried residents.
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Extreme heat makes air quality worse–that's bad for health National News
Air quality around the world suffered in 2022 because of climate-induced extreme heat, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Association.
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Archaeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years National News
The arrow was found at a site on Mount Lauvhøe that was previously covered in ice. The new discovery adds new "time depth" to the research site.
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Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access National News
The country's Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights.
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The floating border barrier in the Rio Grande must be removed, a federal judge rules National News
The judge gave Texas until Sept. 15 to move the barrier to shore and barred the state from placing any additional buoys or other structures in the river. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to appeal the ruling.
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A special counsel will indict Hunter Biden in gun case this month, DOJ says National News
The charges that David Weiss will seek against Hunter Biden were not disclosed directly in the latest filing Wednesday.
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The share of U.S. drug overdose deaths caused by fake prescription pills is growing National News
The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.
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