Since launching Threads on Wednesday night, Meta’s new app has collected tens of millions of sign-ups.
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Arborist from Athens dies in fall from tree in China
Christopher Thwing, 35, was working Wednesday afternoon when he accidentally severed his safety line and then fell to the ground, officials said.
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Study finds drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets contains ‘forever chemicals’
Researchers describe the study as the first nationwide effort to test for PFAS in tap water from private sources in addition to regulated ones.
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Legislature returns to tackle veto of tribal rights bill
Lawmakers also will consider an $800 million supplemental budget, but the leadership of both parties in the House were focusing their efforts Wednesday on urging tribal bill supporters to stand by their votes in the hopes of overriding Gov. Janet Mills’ veto.
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Alan Alda kept his boots and dog tags from ‘M*A*S*H’ for 40 years. Now he’ll offer them at auction
The money raised will go to the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York, a center he helped start to help scientists and doctors communicate better by applying improvisational exercises and communication strategies.
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Rich Lowry: Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
Jackson spends a lot of time recounting the country’s racial sins and then declares them inescapable today. Even if this simplistic account were true, she fails to establish why racially biased college admissions are legal or warranted.
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A tornado in Alberta has wrecked homes but caused no serious injuries
Police said numerous homes were damaged but Cpl. Gina Slaney said there were no known injuries. The tornado warning was later ended.
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Russia launches the first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days and all are shot down
Officials in the Ukrainian capital didn’t provide an exact number of drones that attacked the city. But Ukraine’s air force said that across the country, eight Shaheds and three Kalibr cruise missiles were launched by the Russians.
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30 people shot, 2 dead in shooting at Baltimore block party
An 18-year-old woman died at the scene, and a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital ‘a short time later,’ according to the Baltimore Police Department. The names of the victims were not immediately available.
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Pope’s pick to handle sex abuse allegations has refused to believe some victims, U.S. group says
The Vatican announced the pontiff had picked Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, archbishop of Argentina, to head the Holy See’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy.