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Tarantula causes vehicle crash in California’s Death Valley
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A foreign tourist traveling in California’s Death Valley National Park has been injured in an accident caused by an unlikely culprit: a tarantula. According to the National Park Service, a traveling Swiss couple in a rented camper van hit their brakes to avoid hitting the spider. The van…
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Amigos se inspiram em ícones da cultura brasileira em festa de halloween
Um grupo de amigos se fantasiou de ícones culturais do Brasil em festa de halloween (foto: Reprodução/TikTok) O Halloween, comemorado no dia 31 de outubro, é uma festa tradicional dos Estados Unidos, mas caiu no gosto dos brasileiros. Todos os anos, pessoas se inspiram em personagens de histórias de terror para criar suas fantasias e,…
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How Prison Book Bans Dwarf All Other Censorship
On July 22, 2022 Texas prison authorities banned the second edition of Merriam-Webster’s Visual Dictionary, purportedly because there was an image of a weapon. This banned title was added to the 10,265 others that incarcerated people can’t read in Texas prisons. Unfortunately, dictionaries aren’t the only kind of books banned by Texas corrections officials and…
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Art Exhibits
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } “Life is a Grave” — through Nov. 3, The Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, 2 College Hill, Westminster. A solo exhibition of works by artist Jessie Hardesty, whose imagery is based on folklore and the occult, is best known for…
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High school sports roundup
CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Oct. 28 WIAA state meet Division 2 girls WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — West Salem’s girls were 11th with a score of 258, and junior Mia Olson had the area’s top Division 2 finish when she crossed the line 23rd in a time of 19:55.4. Olson’s finish gave West Salem 15 team points,…
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NBA DFS: Top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy basketball picks for Monday, Oct. 30 include Ben Simmons
USATSI The 2023-24 NBA season continues with 11 games on Monday, highlighted by the Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Miami Heat in a contest filled with top options in the NBA DFS player pool. After scoring 39 points in his first game in Milwaukee, Damian Lillard shot just 2 of 12 for six points in a…
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Musk: mensagens corrigidas no X pela comunidade não serão monetizadas
Acusado de facilitar a desinformação em sua rede social X (ex-Twitter), Elon Musk afirmou que as mensagens corrigidas pela comunidade não poderão se beneficiar dos ganhos obtidos pelos conteúdos mais virais. “Pequena mudança no programa de monetização: as mensagens corrigidas pelas notas da comunidade não serão elegíveis para participação nas receitas. A ideia é maximizar…
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PMV promove 3º “Dia da Cultura” para servidores, na próxima segunda (6)
Foto Divulgação Foto Divulgação Dia da Cultura será aberto com uma apresentação de uma esquete do espetáculo de dança “Kalunga”. (ampliar) Desde o último mês de agosto, os servidores da Prefeitura de Vitória são convidados a desfrutar de um momento regado à música, filmes, literatura e muita arte, no horário de almoço. É o “Dia…
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Health Care Workers Are Burning Out, CDC Says
In 2022, nearly 46 percent of health workers felt burnt out either often or very often. SDI Productions via Getty Images Health care workers are facing more severe levels of depression, anxiety and harassment, compared with before the pandemic, according to a new report published last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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One Week to Go: Women’s Basketball Season Preview
Story Links RIVERDALE, N.Y. – It’s a great day to be a Jasper! The Manhattan women’s basketball team is one week closer to officially opening the season. Eighth-year head coach Heather Vulin leads Manhattan for the 2023-24 season in Riverdale. Manhattan opens the season on Monday, Nov. 6 versus Central Connecticut State at home at…