Massachusetts Ends 24-Week Abortion Limit

Massachusetts erased its 24-week abortion threshold and replaced it with a single rule: a doctor’s professional judgment decides.Story SnapshotThe new law removes fixed limits after 24 weeks and defers decisions to physicians’ judgment.Governor Maura...
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Oracle Crash Wipes Out $100B on Paper

A two-month plunge in Oracle’s stock knocked Larry Ellison from No. 2 to No. 8 on the global rich list, erasing about $100 billion...
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Commuter Chaos: Goats Board City Bus

Two runaway pygmy goats briefly boarded a Portland bus at rush hour and were later returned home, a quirky detour that still tested a busy city system.Story HighlightsTriMet video shows two pygmy goats boarding an FX2-Division bus around 7:40 a.m. Tuesday.The bus operator reopened doors so riders could guide the goats off without incident.The owner says the goats escaped a backyard enclosure and has since fixed the gate.TriMet said the goats, named Billy the Kid and Billy the Goat, were safely returned.What Happened On The Morning CommuteTriMet, the Portland-area transit agency, said two pygmy goats wandered onto an FX2-Division...
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Indonesia Earthquake: 7.7 Magnitude Triggers Tsunami Warning

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Flores triggered Indonesia’s official tsunami warning, sending coastal families to higher ground within minutes.Story SnapshotIndonesia’s weather and geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning after a magnitude 7.7 quake near Flores.Officials tied the alert to a shallow quake east of Mbay, with specific coastal districts placed on watch.Residents along beaches and river mouths were told to move inland and uphill as a precaution.The warning ran through a full issue-and-cancel cycle on official channels.What Prompted The Tsunami WarningIndonesia’s weather, climate, and geophysics agency, known by its Indonesian initials as BMKG, issued a tsunami warning minutes...
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Rocket Launchers: Drugs Traded for Military Weapons

Federal prosecutors say four accused Mexican cartel members tried to trade fentanyl and methamphetamine for rocket launchers and machine guns in the Czech Republic.Story...
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30 Killed in Nigeria Village Raid

Gunmen killed at least 30 people, including eight children, in a nighttime raid on a farming village in Nigeria, and no one has been arrested or claimed responsibility.Quick TakeArmed attackers stormed Naridon village in Kaduna State, Nigeria, around midnight on July 27, killing at least 30 residents as they slept.A local priest and at least one survivor say the attackers were Fulani, but no group has claimed responsibility.Major wire services, including Reuters and Xinhua, describe the attackers only as "gunmen" and say police have not confirmed a motive.Nigeria's government has vowed to hunt down the attackers, but conflicting death...
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Big Sur Wildfire Explodes to 1,300 Acres

A fast-moving wildfire near Big Sur jumped to 1,300 acres and forced new evacuation orders while Highway 1 stayed under heavy closure.Quick TakeThe Timber Fire grew from 800 acres to 1,300 acres in the same day.Containment stayed at **5%** as crews tracked the fire by remote sensing aircraft.Officials kept evacuation orders in place for zones that include the Ventana Inn and nearby areas.Highway 1 closure and evacuation traffic showed how quickly one fire can cut off a major coastal route.Fire Growth Outpaced ContainmentCAL FIRE said the Timber Fire was 800 acres early Monday and had grown to 1,300 acres...
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Meta Hit With $375M Penalty Over Child Safety

Meta was hit with a $375 million penalty after a New Mexico jury said the company broke state consumer-protection law in a child-safety case.Quick...
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The Ebola Hunt Is Running Out of Time

Chasing Ebola in Bunia has become a race against time, weak roads, and public fear.Quick TakeOfficials say Ebola response teams are strengthening surveillance, testing, and patient care in Ituri Province.Reporters on the ground describe too few vehicles, patchy reporting, and people who avoid testing.Community trust and clear communication now matter as much as medical treatment.Multiple agencies have deployed staff, labs, and treatment support, but gaps still slow the hunt for cases.Response Teams Push to Catch Cases FasterHealth authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the World Health Organization say they are intensifying surveillance, laboratory testing, and patient...
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Scientists Used AI to Build Working Viruses

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to write complete bacteriophage genomes that worked in living bacteria, a step that makes the biosecurity debate harder to ignore.Quick TakeStanford and Arc Institute researchers reported the first AI-generated bacteriophage genomes that became functional viruses in lab tests.The team used Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design phages modeled on ΦX174, a bacteriophage that infects E. coli.Out of roughly 300 candidate genomes, 16 produced viable phages that could infect and lyse E. coli.The work was a controlled lab demonstration, not a field test, and it focused on a narrow virus-host pair.What the study actually...
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