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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years

    The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons (24,000 pounds) of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu Sherpa, who led the team of Sherpas, said there could be as m

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  • WorldBBC

    Teacher who had sex with two schoolboys jailed

    Rebecca Joynes, 30, who groomed the boys from the age of 15, is given a six-and-a-half year sentence.

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  • USGood Housekeeping

    Walgreens Is Closing 91 Stores This Year — Here's the Full List

    Walgreens will close 25% of its roughly 8,600 U.S. stores within the next three years. Here are the 91 stores that are confirmed to shutter.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Vatican excommunicates a former ambassador to the US and declares him guilty of schism

    The Vatican on Friday excommunicated its former ambassador to Washington after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable outcome for Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. The conservative had became one of Pope Francis ' most ardent critics and a symbol of the polarized Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. While once enjoying support in the Vatican and U.S. church hierarchies, the Italian archbishop alienated many as he developed a fringe following while delving deeper into conspiracy t

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  • USKLAS articles

    I-15 closure now being called ‘barricade’ by police

    A person in crisis has caused the closure of the southbound lanes of I-15 at Lake Mead Boulevard, with no estimated time of reopening, and police are dealing with a sensitive police incident.

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  • HealthWPIX New York City, NY

    2 types of ultra-processed foods ‘strongly’ linked to shorter lifespans, study findings suggest

    Certain ultra-processed foods may be shortening your life, the results of a decades-long study indicate, according to researchers.

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  • WorldReuters

    China anchors 'monster ship' in South China Sea, Philippine coast guard says

    The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard's 165-meter 'monster ship' entered Manila's 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the PCG Jay Tarriela told a news forum. The PCG warned the Chinese vessel it was in the Philippine's EEZ and asked about their intentions, he said.

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