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Month: August 2025

Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region on June 8.

Zelensky refuses to cede Donbas, says doing so would give Putin ‘springboard’ for future offensives

By Victoria Butenko and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine. Zelensky’s warning comes ahead of Putin’s meeting with US

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Shooting stars over the desert: Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Tuesday night in Joshua Tree & Coachella Valley

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Perseids meteor shower, one of the year’s most anticipated night-sky events, peaks Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning and skywatchers across the Coachella Valley, Twentynine Palms, and Joshua Tree are preparing for the show. The shower runs from mid-July through late August, but this year’s peak lands just three days after

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EPA allocates over $400 million to NC Department of Environmental Quality to improve drinking water

By Adrianna Hargrove Click here for updates on this story     GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WXII) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allocated $409.4 million to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for public water systems to improve local drinking water utility infrastructure so their systems can better withstand natural disasters. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

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Human Spaceflight Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and landing on July 21, 2011. China and Russia are the only other countries to have

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Moms’ case against vaccine requirements for kids moves to appeals court

MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Attorneys representing four mothers — two of whom are from the Inland Empire — federally challenging California’s denial of religious-based exemptions to vaccination requirements for kids’ admission to public schools filed briefs with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, setting the stage for oral arguments, it was announced today. “Our First

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Attorney Alison Healey said the state would seek the maximum penalty of a sentence greater than life without parole.

‘She was a good mom. I miss her’: Victor Martinez-Hernandez sentenced for Rachel Morin’s killing

By Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story     BEL AIR, Maryland (WBAL) — The man convicted in the 2023 killing of Rachel Morin was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Harford County jury took little time in April to find Victor Martinez-Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree

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