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To rate wildfire danger, Britain looks to Canada
Amid record-breaking temperatures and destructive fires, U.K. researchers are developing a national wildfire danger rating system based on a Canadian system for determining forest fire risk. Canadian scientists collaborating with them hope to glean valuable information about how to update the decades-old system.
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Trump says FBI agents have raided his Florida home
Former U.S. president Donald Trump says his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., has been raided by FBI agents.
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Seeing double in Twinsburg — more than 2,000 pairs of twins descend on Ohio town
The annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, draws siblings from around the world. It also draws scientists for unique research opportunities.
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Third crude tank collapses as fire rages at Cuba oil terminal, governor says
A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba's main oil terminal in Matanzas, the province's governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island's biggest oil industry accident in decades.
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Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John dead at 73
The British-born Australian actress and singer died on Monday, her family confirmed in a post on Instagram. The Grease star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, and underwent successful treatment before the cancer returned in 2017.