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Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists further hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought.
Astronomers know that the universe is expanding — and not just expanding, but doing so at a faster and faster rate. For decades, they’ve puzzled over what could possibly be speeding everything up. Their mathematical model describing how the universe behaves could explain it well if there were a powerful, constant force at play — but they didn’t know the nature of this force or where it came from, so they called it dark energy. AP
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McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost the sales of the highly addictive drug OxyContin, according to court papers filed in Virginia on Friday.
As part of the deal with the U.S. Justice Department, McKinsey will avoid prosecution on criminal charges if it pays the sum and follows certain conditions for five years, including ceasing any work on the sale, marketing or promotion of controlled substances.
Courtesy of the Associated Press.
In El Alto, Bolivia, a row of precarious structures known as “suicide homes” cling to the edge of a 200-foot cliff (61 meters).
These dwellings, often used by Aymara shamans for rituals honoring Pachamama (Mother Earth), are increasingly unstable due to erosion from heavy rains and climate change.
City authorities have warned residents of the imminent danger and are considering forced evacuations.
Despite the risks, the shamans refuse to leave, believing their spiritual offerings will stabilize the land and protect them.
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An Israeli strike killed at least 10 people, including a family of four, in Gaza City overnight, Palestinian medics said Monday, as Israel pursues its 14-month war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
The strike late Sunday hit a house in Gaza City’s eastern Shijaiyah neighborhood, according to the Health Ministry’s emergency service.
Rescuers recovered the bodies of 10 people from under the rubble, including those of two parents and their two children, it said.
The strikes were part of Israel’s war in Gaza that erupted on Oct. 7 2023, when Hamas militants from Gaza stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1, 200 people and taking another 250 hostage.
Most of the hostages were released during a temporary ceasefire last year, but about 100 remain in Gaza, of whom about a third are believed to be dead.
Israel responded by heavy bombardment and a ground incursion into the Palestinian enclave, leaving over 45,000 Palestinians dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Courtesy of the Associated Press.
Residents mourned their relatives after a series of Israeli strikes Sunday in the northern half of the Gaza Strip killed more than 30 people, including women and children, Palestinian medical officials said.
One strike hit the Khalil Aweida school in the town of Beit Hanoun early in the day and killed at least 15 people, according to the Kamal Adwan hospital in the nearby town of Beit Lahiya, where the casualties were taken. The dead included two parents and their daughter, a father and his son, the hospital said.
In Gaza City, at least 17 people including women and children were killed in three separate airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to the al-Ahly Baptist hospital.
The dead included six women and five children, the hospital said. Among them were two parents and their daughter, another two parents and their two children, and a man and his wife, a casualty list showed.
Courtesy of the Associated Press.
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