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Supreme Court will consider whether cities may enforce laws against camping on public property; a decision could change how California addresses homelessness.

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Tracking Spring FloodingTracking Spring Flooding

Rivers swelled in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan in April 2024 following heavy rain and rapid snowmelt. This image shows Orenburg on April 13, the day river levels peaked. This scene was acquired by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 9.

Image Credit: NASA/Michala Garrison, USGS

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Hubble Spots the Little Dumbbell NebulaHubble Spots the Little Dumbbell Nebula

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, or M76, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The name 'Little Dumbbell' comes from its shape that is a two-lobed structure of c...

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Bolting military horses wreak bloody havoc across central London after being spooked

Panicked one-tonne cavalry horses threw off their army riders before smashing into a tour bus and taxis, leaving an 8km bloody trail in their wake through the city of London yesterday.

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Our Beautiful Water WorldOur Beautiful Water World

Behold one of the more detailed images of Earth. This Blue Marble Earth montage—created from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite—shows many stunning details of our home planet.

Image Credit: NASA

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Weapons to flow to Kyiv ‘in hours& as Biden inks $61bn deal

US president Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law yesterday that provides billions of dollars of new US aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election.

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