A southern US state has recorded its first death from the flu for the 2025 to 2026 winter virus season. Health officials in North Carolina confirmed that an adult in the western part of the state had died after developing complications from the flu in the first week of October. No further details were revealed, such as the patient’s name, …
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water—one of the biggest great white sharks ever tagged in the Atlantic has been lurking near a well-loved coastal destination. And no, this isn’t a film plot. It’s happening right now. A 14-foot predator tracked just off the beach Weighing over 1,650 pounds and stretching nearly 14 feet …
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Diane Keough/Getty Images The mention of giant underwater creatures usually brings to mind mythological monsters. The great kraken, ancient leviathans, and if that fossil of a creature with 45 arms is a real-life Cthulhu. As a society, we are fascinated with big monsters that swim in the ocean’s mostly unexplored depths. An …
Read More »Rain totals in Minnesota: Up to 10 inches recorded in weekend deluge Bring Me The News Southern Minnesota soaked: 2 months of rain in just days MPR News MN weather: Rain totals from weekend storms FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Heavy rain causes flooding in southern Minnesota 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Another round of drenching storms arrives in Minnesota Sunday evening CBS News Source link
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Ann Hodges never intended to be famous, but in 1954 she found herself thrust into the national spotlight when her afternoon nap was interrupted by a falling meteorite. The Alabama woman has the distinction of being the first documented case of a person being struck by a meteorite. She survived with a bruised hip. In June, a man nearly joined …
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The ongoing botulism epidemic in Italy has claimed the life of a 45-year-old woman. The fatality is the second blamed on the new food poisoning outbreak, the first being that of a 52-year-old artist, Luigi Di Sarno, who fell ill after eating a panini containing a broccoli-like vegetable from a food truck in the south of the country. Highlights Forty-five-year-old …
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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which delivered new insights into this third interstellar visitor. The orbital observatory has refined the estimates about the size of the cometary nucleus and confirmed that the comet is the fastest ever to come from beyond the Solar System. The comet was discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid …
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Earlier today (August 5), music publisher Kobalt announced a landmark licensing agreement with ElevenLabs’ new AI music platform, Eleven Music – a rival to Suno. Now, MBW has confirmed details of this potentially precedent-setting deal, which could reshape the music industry’s approach to generative AI licensing. The opt-in agreement between Kobalt and $3.3 billion-valued Eleven Labs establishes what sources describe as “parity” …
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Warning, San Francisco: That cute necklace your coworker is wearing might be recording you. A crop of startups is selling stealthy AI-powered recording devices and software that’s becoming increasingly popular across Silicon Valley. Regardless of whether you’re in a contentious work meeting, having coffee on a first date, or enjoying the wild abandon of a house party, there’s a growing …
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A Maine resident has been hospitalized with the year’s first human case of the rare tick-borne Powassan virus. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported the hospitalization of the unnamed Hancock County resident this week, noting the Powassan virus as the cause of illness. The rare virus, spread from animal to human, usually via a tick or …
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