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In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh, North Carolina, when tour manager John Selman noticed an abrupt shift in the weather. During his 20-plus years working with Nelson, Selman has dealt with the elements, but nothing like what he was seeing suddenly descend upon them. “This one was too big and too strong and there was heavy lightning,” Selman says. “It wasn’t good.” Waiting until Nelson had finished a song, Selman whisked him and his band offstage and into a bus — just as intense rain and lightning erupted…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Happy International Vulture Awareness Day! The event held every year on the first Saturday in September showcases these often misunderstood birds. These avians are not birds of prey. Instead, they are scavengers that play an important role in the ecosystem, by eating the remains of dead organisms (called carrion), and keeping deadly pathogens from spreading.  According to the World Wildlife Foundation, their stomachs have the same pH as battery acid, which allows them to sterilize an animal carcass and its immediate surroundings of bacteria that cause…

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new video loaded: Rome’s Delivery Riders Lose Out in Heat BanBy Monika Cvorak, Emma Bubola and Enrico Parenti•September 6, 2025A new rule banning labor during the hottest hours this summer was meant to protect workers in and around Rome. Instead, it gutted the incomes of some delivery riders.

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Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company announced on Friday. On a message published on its website, the startup behind Dot, New Computer, said that the product will remain operational until October 5, giving users time to download their data. Launched in 2024 by co-founders Sam Whitmore and former Apple designer Jason Yuan, Dot waded into what’s now become a more controversial area for AI chatbots. The app they created was described as an AI “friend and companion,” which would become more personalized to you and your interests over…

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Inna Kot/Getty Images/iStockphoto The Trump administration is planning to release a report this month that will reportedly link use of the common painkiller acetaminophen (sold under the brand name Tylenol) during pregnancy, as well as certain vitamin deficiencies, to autism spectrum disorder, despite lacking the scientific research to back up such claims. This is just the latest controversy surrounding the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has repeated unsupported claims about autism in the past, and promised to “get to the bottom” of its cause. The agency confirmed it is working on a report,…

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High Potential stars Kaitlin Olson as an eccentric janitor with a genius-level IQ and a talent for solving crimes.Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, and Judy Reyes round out the series’ supporting cast.Season 2 premieres on Sept. 16 on ABC. Anticipation is high for season 2 of High Potential, which emerged last year as a runaway hit for ABC. Created by Buffy alum and Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard, ABC’s crime drama stars Kaitlin Olson as an eccentric (and fashionable) janitor with a genius-level IQ who stumbles into a consulting role with the Los Angeles Police Department. (This premise was…

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Canada demonstrated their power early and Hunt blasted over from close range to open the scoring.Having spoken in the build-up of the need to be clinical with what few chances came their way, Scotland battered at the Canadian line without success. However, they remained patient and finally engineered an opening for Chloe Rollie to send Lloyd over in the corner.Canada were unperturbed and went straight down the other end and turned up the pressure. Gallagher was shown a yellow card as the Scots’ defence of their line became increasingly desperate.Canada then demolished a scrum under the Scottish sticks, the referee…

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“Hi there Gina, hope you’re having a great day,” said another exactly two weeks later. “My name is Christine, I am a land buyer. I’m reaching out to see if you have any plans to sell the lot.” The text was signed by “Twin Acres.” Twin Acres is not a registered real estate broker. Grist’s attempt to text the number back went unanswered.Sometimes, Miceli said, she answers the texts. “It depends on my mood. I think there’s been a time or two I’ve said, ‘Go to hell.’” She has no plans to leave. She’s raising her family in the home…

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Sudan Liberation Movement/ArmyThis image is thought to show around 40 gravesVillagers in a remote area of Sudan’s western Darfur region are trying to reach buried victims by hand after a devastating landslide on Sunday, aid group Save the Children says.”People are excavating by hand to rescue the bodies of their relatives since there are no tools or machinery”, Francesco Lanino, the group’s deputy Sudan director for programmes and operations, said.It is unclear how many people died. Figures range from as high as 1,000 from an armed group in charge of the area, to a figure from the national health ministry…

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