3D-printed porous ceramic cubes cool rooms by 12.6°F with no electricity or refrigerants

Researchers 3D-printed porous ceramic cubes that cool surrounding air by nearly 12.6°F through evaporation, with no electricity, refrigerant.

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How predatory trade schools drained $300 million from the GI Bill and cheated veterans

Trade schools fleeced VA — and taxpayers — of more than $300 million, often by teaching short and easy courses, a Post investigation finds.

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Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid

Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor parents.

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Ukraine targets Wildberries again as Russia hits Kharkiv publishing house

A Ukrainian overnight strike targeted a warehouse run by Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, east of Moscow, the company and local authorities reported Monday, as Kyiv's campaign ​against ‌the e-com...

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Firefighting helicopters collide near Athens as Greece fights spreading blazes

Greece confronted a worsening fire crisis on Sunday, with wildfires burning on multiple fronts and swaths of forest and agricultural land destroyed. Strong winds were worsening fires and hampering fir...

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Unaccompanied migrant children at risk of losing legal representation

Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could lose legal representation, now that a federal contract with legal aid groups representing the minors is expiring. That contract, held by the non-profi...

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Japan’s Rescuers Battle Cruel Heat After Major Earthquake (Gift Article)

Kumamoto faces a “double disaster,” as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put displaced people at risk for heatstroke.

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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures

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Ukraine sees highest civilian casualties since 2022 | CNN

Ukraine has seen the highest number of civilian casualties in the war with Russia this month for more than four years, according to government figures.

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Bugs That Rule the World | The Lifegivers | Episode 2

Pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates.

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Opinion | I’m an Army general. My education shouldn’t be unexpected.

Elite universities and the military should be friends, not foes.

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Opinion | The World Must Not Forget About the Genocide in Sudan (Gift Article)

The longer the fighting drags on, the greater the chance that regional instability will spread.

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A Capitol Fourth

Premieres July 3rd! A Capitol Fourth: 250th Weekend Celebration airs live on Friday, July 3rd - 8/7c

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America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together

A star-filled tribute to America’s Semiquincentennial from revolutionary Colonial Williamsburg, VA.

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Alabama seeks permit to fill wetlands, streams for controversial highway project

The state now estimates that the Birmingham Northern Beltline project will cost $6.19 billion.

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Iran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz

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Trump faces new hurdles after deal: Iran’s leverage, Israel’s attacks, MAGA’s backlash

The ceasefire reopened diplomacy, but it left unresolved the question at the heart of the conflict: what limits, if any, Tehran will accept on its nuclear program.

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Birmingham Northern Beltline - Wikipedia

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'The Price of Exclusion' explores lasting impact of racial inequality in medicine

A century ago, Black physicians built hospitals, clinics and medical schools across the South – only to see them dismantled by policy, segregation and an influential report. Investigative journalist N...

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"I'm begging my own country to let my wife go": Veteran fights to prevent wife's deportation

Retired staff sergeant Wilmer Trujillo, who served roughly 20 years in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard, is asking ICE to release his wife of six years.

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Forum Examines Priorities for Syria’s Transition

The "Partners of the Syria Peace Initiative" Forum opened in Damascus, bringing together Syrian government officials, civil society representatives,

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