Ice Age human footprints found in Utah desert: "Lost oasis"
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Ice Age human footprints found in Utah desert: "Lost oasis"
Men find 88 distinct prints left by a mixture of adults and children on what is now the Utah Test and Training Range.
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Whole Foods CEO: "Socialists are taking over"
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Ex-police officer gets more than 7 years in prison in Jan. 6 case
That matches the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
Online violent extremist rhetoric soars after Mar-a-Lago search
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Tim Kaine criticizes Trump, GOP's "violent" rhetoric after Mar-a-Lago search
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Man blows himself up during arrest in Saudi Arabia; 4 others injured
A man wanted by Saudi Arabian state security detonated an explosive belt, killing himself and injuring four others.
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Anne Heche "not expected to survive" injuries suffered in fiery car crash
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Ice Age human footprints found in Utah desert: "Lost oasis"
Men find 88 distinct prints left by a mixture of adults and children on what is now the Utah Test and Training Range.
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In a part of space far, far away, two galaxies joined together to form one of the universe's most spectacular events – a galactic merger with streaming stars and chaos. And scientists say the stunning images are a preview of what's to come for the Milky Way.
U.K. so hot and dry, the source of the River Thames has dried up
"Hopefully downstream we will find the Thames, but at the moment, it's gone," said one tourist who had come, hoping to see the origin of the iconic English river.
Landfills are "super emitters" of methane, satellite data finds
The powerful greenhouse gas traps 80 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does.
Environmental impact of food
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A man wanted by Saudi Arabian state security detonated an explosive belt, killing himself and injuring four others.
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Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago, and isn't expected to survive.The actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life support for possible organ donation, according to her family. Carter Evans reports.