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The 900-mile-long East African Crude Oil Pipeline project is taking shape in Uganda.
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The crew of a scientific research vessel discovered a strange black goo clinging to their ship. Perplexed, they sent a sample to microbial biologists for analysis, who found DNA.
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The Trump administration's is talking about remaking the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, as disasters unfold
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During the Srebrenica genocide, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed. It's remembered as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
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In Hawaiian culture, there’s a tradition of celebrating an individual in song.
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Just days before it was supposed to go into effect, the rule was struck down by an appeals court in St. Louis.
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One of the summer's biggest blockbusters, "Superman," opens this weekend. But it's already been denounced by rightwing commentators, who claim its filmmakers are pushing a "woke" agenda.
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The fire ended up destroying homes across several communities, among them the historic Black neighborhood of Altadena.
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An American will feature in a women's Tennis Grand Slam final for the fourth consecutive time this weekend.
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Winemakers in Burgundy are worried they will lose U.S. customers.