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Dec 06 2024CRIME

Tragedy Strikes: Shooter's Motives Revealed in School Playground Attack

In a tragic turn of events, two young boys from Oroville, California, were severely injured in a school shooting. Roman Mendez, 6, and Elias Wolfard, 5, were playing in the school playground when a shooter opened fire. The Butte County Sheriff, Kory Honea, identified the shooter as Glenn Litton, 56,

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Dec 06 2024HEALTH

Moral Injury and You: How Your Identity Style Impacts Your Response

Moral injury can happen when someone faces tough, ethically challenging events. This can affect mental health in a big way, but figuring out how to treat it is tough because we're still learning about what causes it. Scientists think that keeping a solid sense of self while adjusting to new realitie

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Dec 06 2024CRYPTO

Bitcoin Hits $100, 000: What's the Big Deal?

Bitcoin, the top cryptocurrency, just crossed $100, 000. On December 5, it reached an all-time high of $103, 679, after starting at just a few bucks in 2011. Despite critics from big finance and economists, Bitcoin kept climbing. Now, with a new government that likes crypto, everyone's wondering: wh

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Dec 06 2024POLITICS

Hakeem Jeffries Speaks Out: A New Perspective on Pardons

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is set to address the public Friday morning. This comes just a few days after President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, stirring controversy across the political spectrum. The president believes the charges were politically motivated, but some Democrats wo

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Dec 06 2024SCIENTIFIC

Breath Testing for Killer Whales: A Non-Invasive Health Check

The ocean is dealing with a lot of problems caused by humans, like pollution and climate change. These issues are messing with the ocean's habitats and the creatures living there. Current ways to check on the health of large sea mammals, like killer whales, involve catching and then releasing them.

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Dec 05 2024POLITICS

President Yoon's Bid for More Power: A Failed Self-Coup in South Korea

In December 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol surprised everyone by declaring emergency martial law. He claimed it was needed to deal with threats from "pro-North Korean anti-state forces. " But many people thought it was really about stopping the main opposition party, the center-left Demo

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Dec 05 2024HEALTH

How University Students Moved and Sat During COVID

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, universities shut down, changing student routines. This study looked into how much time students spent walking or biking (active transportation), sitting without breaks (uninterrupted sitting time), and using screens for studying (screen time to study). It aimed to se

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Dec 05 2024POLITICS

House Republicans Face a Tight Majority

The final seat in the 2024 elections has been called, with Democrat Adam Gray winning in California's 13th District. This leaves Republicans with a narrow 220-215 majority in the House. With President-elect Trump's agenda on the line, Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose two votes if Democra

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Dec 05 2024POLITICS

Why Democrats' Focus on Identity Politics Might Be a Mistake

As President Joe Biden's term nears its end, Democrats are grappling with a tough question: Did focusing on identity politics cost them the 2024 election? Many blame Biden for Donald Trump's return, but the truth is more complicated. Democrats haven't won a presidential race without Biden since 1996

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Dec 04 2024POLITICS

Airline Leaders Face Senate Scrutiny Over Seat Fees

Airline chiefs are preparing to answer tough questions from a Senate panel about their seat fee policies. The panel is concerned about what they refer to as "unnecessary" fees, which have generated billions of dollars for major airlines like American, Delta, United, Spirit, and Frontier since 2018.

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