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Baseball-sized 'gorilla hail' hits Kansas and Missouri during severe storms
Severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening produced huge chunks of hail in parts of Missouri and Kansas. "Gorilla hail" can create lots of damage and even has the potential to be fatal.
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A new Kobe Bryant statue has multiple errors. It's not the first memorial with typos
Officials say they will correct the misspellings on a recent 19-foot bronze statue of the late Kobe Bryant at Crypto.com Arena. Several other prominent monuments have had similar issues.
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National
Airbnb bans all indoor security cameras
Starting April 30, Airbnb is prohibiting all indoor security cameras in its listings. Previously, it allowed indoor cameras in common areas that were disclosed prior to booking and visible to guests.
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World
Why 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama was so important to the world of anime
Akira Toriyama has died at 68. He was known globally for his best-selling manga series Dragon Ball, which gave rise to the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z, multiple films, and video games.
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National
What to know about the political debate around daylight saving time
At least 29 states have considered legislation related to daylight saving time, including making it permanent year-round. But those laws won't take effect until Congress makes it legal.
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National
TSA unveils a prototype self-service airport checkpoint security screening system
Passengers at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas will be the first to use a new prototype airport security system, which has been compared to the self-checkout at a grocery store.
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National
Air Force employee accused of allegedly sharing classified info on a dating website
David Franklin Slater, a retired U.S. Army officer, was accused of leaking top classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.
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Paleontologists discover a 240-million-year-old 'dragon' fossil in full
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis's snake-like body was 16 feet long and lived in Triassic China. The newly revealed specimen allows scientists to depict the creature in full for the first time.
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Guinness World Records posthumously strips Bobi of his title of 'oldest dog ever'
Bobi's owner said the dog had lived a record-breaking 31 years and 165 days old when he died in October 2023. But a review by Guinness World Records found that evidence of his age was inconclusive.
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Delta's special total solar eclipse flight sold out in 24 hours
An Austin, Texas-to-Detroit flight along April's path of totality is sold out. There are other flights with a view, though your best bet may actually be here on Earth, says one astrophysicist.