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Nov 19 2025CRIME

Colombia's Navy Makes Big Drug Bust at Sea

Colombia's navy recently made a significant drug bust. Divers found over 450 pounds of cocaine hidden under a ship heading to Europe. This happened at a port on the Pacific coast. The navy shared photos of the seizure, showing divers pulling out the drugs and packages on the ground. This isn't the

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Nov 03 2025BUSINESS

The Changing Face of Office Supplies: What's Happening to Office Depot and OfficeMax?

Office Depot and OfficeMax, two big names in office supplies, are shutting down almost 100 more stores. This is not just a recent thing. It has been going on for a while. The company that owns them, ODP Corporation, has been struggling. This is because people are buying things online more often. The

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Oct 30 2025ENVIRONMENT

Unseen Chemicals: The Hidden Threat in Oil Platform Water Dumps

Offshore oil platforms release a lot of water back into the sea. This water can contain chemicals that don't break down easily. These persistent chemicals can harm the environment for a long time. Scientists needed a better way to find out what's in this water and how dangerous it is. They came up

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Oct 22 2025POLITICS

Uribe's Return: A Shockwave in Colombia's Politics

Colombia's political scene just got a major shake-up. A court decision has overturned the conviction of former president Alvaro Uribe Velez, sending ripples through the nation's political landscape. This ruling comes just seven months before the presidential elections, adding a new layer of complexi

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Jul 02 2025POLITICS

Colombia and the US: Teaming Up Against Crime

Colombia and the United States have been friends for a long time. They have worked together on big problems. One of the biggest is fighting crime that crosses borders. Both countries have different leaders now. But they still agree on one thing: stopping criminals is important. These criminals are

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Jun 08 2025WEATHER

Bogota's Big Shake-Up

Colombia's capital, Bogota, got a rude awakening on a Sunday morning. A strong earthquake hit the area. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured it at a magnitude of 6. 3. However, the Colombian Geological Service had a different take on it. They said it was a bit stronger, at 6. 5 on

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Feb 22 2025POLITICS

Taiwan's Jet Trainer Crash: A Close Call and a Big Question

Off the coast of Taiwan, a jet trainer, the AT-5 Brave Eagle, took a nosedive on February 15. The plane had just taken off from Chihhang Air Base in southern Taitung when both of its engines gave up the ghost. The pilot, Major-in-Training Lin Wei, had to bail out in a hurry. Lin had over 1, 000 hour

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Jan 15 2025CRIME

The Truth Behind Harmon's Stalled Career in On Call

Officer Harmon's journey in "On Call" takes a surprising turn when Lieutenant Bishop denies her transfer request. Harmon, known for her strong moral compass, uses questionable methods to catch a killer. This leads to Bishop's decision, which blocks Harmon's progress but aims to protect the departmen

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Jan 07 2025TECHNOLOGY

How Bad Weather Affects Offshore Oil Field Data Transmission

Offshore oil fields face a big problem when the weather turns bad—microwave signals become unstable and noisy. To fix this, scientists used a method called Lagrange multiplier symplectic singular value mode decomposition to clean up the signal's noise. This was done in five steps: rebuilding the sig

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Dec 29 2024TECHNOLOGY

Mastering the Limits: A New Way to Generalize Offline RL

Offline reinforcement learning (RL) faces a big problem: errors can pile up when deep Q functions try to work outside the data they were trained on. This hurts how well the policy can perform on new stuff. Existing methods are too cautious, which isn't great for generalization. But here's an interes

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