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Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived. The animal, researchers say, is roughly 272-million-year-old. The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The researchers dubbed the species Gaiasia jennyae, an hommage to Gai-as Formation in Namibia, where the fossil was found,
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Broadway actor Robert Hartwell talks transforming historic home – CBS News Watch CBS News Broadway performer Robert Hartwell joins “CBS Mornings” to talk about his new show, “Breaking New Ground,” which chronicles his two-year journey to renovate a 200-year-old home in Massachusetts. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for
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New studies have bad news about soda New studies have bad news about soda 01:06 Food and beverage makers will no longer be allowed to use brominated vegetable oil as an ingredient in their products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. Modified with the chemical bromine and used to keep flavoring from floating
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Kyiv — Russia said Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been pressing for months. The claim from Moscow came just after Kyiv said Russian strikes on the industrial city of Dnipro had killed five people and wounded nearly
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3 powerful women want to end child marriage 3 of the world’s most influential women want to end child marriage within a generation 05:37 A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law, President Julius Maada Bio said late Tuesday, in an effort to protect girls in the West African
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Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021. New Mexico tax authorities denied an application this spring by
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In 2020, the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania faced significant turmoil with election protests, court challenges and threats against election officials, including Republican Al Schmidt. Schmidt, who previously oversaw Philadelphia’s elections as a commissioner and supervised the city’s election, now holds the position of secretary of the commonwealth, the state’s top election official. He said
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At least 6 dead after powerful Hurricane Beryl tears through Caribbean – CBS News Watch CBS News Hurricane Beryl, currently a Category 4 storm, is responsible for at least six deaths in the eastern Caribbean. It now threatens to slam Jamaica with devastating winds, damaging waves and life-threatening flash flooding. View CBS News In Be
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The race for president has shifted in Donald Trump’s direction following the first 2024 presidential debate. Trump now has a 3-point edge over President Biden across the battleground states collectively, and a 2-point edge nationally. A big factor here is motivation, not just persuasion: Democrats are not as likely as Republicans to say they will “definitely” vote
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London — British voters will head to the polls Thursday to vote in the country’s first general election since 2019. Here’s what to know. Who is up for election in the U.K.? British voters will not be directly electing a new leader on Thursday. Under the United Kingdom’s parliamentary system, voters choose their local representatives for
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