Hersheypark’s wave pool in 2019.Photo Courtesy of Matthew Krupp A 9-year-old girl was in Hersheypark’s wave pool before she died Thursday, the park confirmed. Derry Township Police Chief Garth Warner confirmed the girl had fallen unconscious before being rushed to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where she died. Her name and cause and manner of death have …
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Published 10:19 25 Jul 2025 GMT+1 Plumber? I barely know her! Haha no seriously, she won’t’a return’a my calls Nintendo just finally confirmed Mario and Princess Peach’s relationship status, and the dudebros in the manosphere are gonna have a field day with this one. I think it’s fair to say that Mario clearly has some feelings for Princess Peach. I …
Read More »The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself. It was launched nearly a year before the colonies declared their …
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Social Security beneficiaries are expected to face a 24% cut in payments by late 2032 following the enactment of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to new projections from a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog. The projected cut would equal an $18,100 annual benefit cut for a dual-earning, middle-class couple that retires at the start of 2033, the Committee …
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The North Korean flag files over the North Korean embassy in Beijing, in July 2007. Peter Parks/AFP hide caption toggle caption Peter Parks/AFP An Arizona woman was sentenced to prison on Thursday for her role in a $17 million scam that helped North Koreans steal Americans’ identities and use them to land remote IT jobs at hundreds of U.S. companies. …
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In all, the astronomic hype was met with earth-shaking backlash in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, Science published two studies refuting the claim that GFAJ-1 incorporates arsenic atoms into its DNA. Outside scientists concluded that it is an arsenic-tolerant extremophile, but not a profoundly different life form. Retraction But now, in 2025, it is once again spurring controversy; on Thursday, …
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A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earth’s oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, something remarkable happened beneath the surface of the planet: the Earth “swallowed” billions of tonnes of water, causing sea levels to drop by a staggering 30 meters. This discovery, published in February 2025 on the AGU portal by researchers looking …
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Business The question of what a merger could mean is causing ‘a lot of anxiety and concern’ for employees, one union leader said. Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com A trainee at the Norfolk Southern Training Center in McDonough on Friday, March 7, 2025. Norfolk Southern and its Midwestern and Western counterpart, Union Pacific, on Thursday confirmed they are in “advanced discussions” about a …
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A first-of-its-kind at-home test can reveal whether a person suffers from endometriosis, a condition that leaves patients suffering from debilitating pain and without a diagnosis for up to a decade. Endometriosis is a condition that causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus, or endometrium, to grow outside the uterus. It affects at least 11 percent of American women, …
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A newly discovered human cervical vertebra from the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain, which dates to 850,000 years ago, has provided new evidence of cannibalism among early humans. The child’s bone, aged between two and four years, contains clear cut marks that researchers interpret as signs of deliberate decapitation. Excavation work at level TD6 of …
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