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In this photo provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, a woman inspects a whale after more than 150 false killer whales have become stranded on Feb. 19, 2025, on a remote beach near Arthur River in Australia's island state of Tasmania.

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More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state

The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.

February 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard the mobile launcher as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, on Nov. 3, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in preparation for a launch.

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  • Space

Is Trump preparing to cancel America's ride back to the moon?

President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the plan could be a casualty of the cost-cutting drive overseen by Elon Musk.

February 19, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Many scientists fear that cuts at NSF will slow or stall advances in basic research, including in computer science, causing America to lose its competitive edge.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

February 19, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Rose spent years trying to land her first job in the federal government. It ended up lasting just a few weeks.

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  • National

She worked for years to get a federal job. Within a month, she was fired

Rose is one of thousands of federal workers who have been terminated by the Trump administration. At 26, she's left wondering what to do now.

February 19, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
In this photo illustration, vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in California during an outbreak in 2015.

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Measles spreads in Texas. And, how U.S. funding cuts could benefit China

A measles outbreak in West Texas has sparked concern as cases have more than doubled since last week. And, China seeks to support pro-democracy groups in the U.S.

February 19, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President Trump's pick for secretary of labor, arrives to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14.

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  • Politics

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's Labor Department pick, to face questions from senators

The confirmation hearing for the former Oregon representative nominated to lead the Labor Department is to start Wednesday. The secretary of labor holds the 11th Cabinet position in the presidential line of succession.

February 19, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Postmaster General of the United States Louis DeJoy is shown speaking during a news conference on Dec. 20, 2022, in Washington.

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  • National

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says it is time to find his successor

Louis DeJoy said he plans to step down after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.

February 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Inmates stand inside a corridor during time they are allowed to be outside of their cells at Najayo jail in San Cristobal, west of Santo Domingo in 2007.

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Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.

February 19, 2025
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Panama's Minister of Public Security Frank Alexis Abrego, speaks to reporters after watching people board a repatriation flight bound for Colombia at Albrook Airport in Panama City on Feb. 3.

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  • World

Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel

The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries the U.S. has difficulty deporting migrants to directly. Panama is being used as a stopover.

February 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Baby mice make ultrasonic chirps to get their mother's attention.

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  • Science

How a uniquely human genetic tweak changed the voices of mice

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.

February 18, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Privacy advocates are seeking to prevent Elon Musk's DOGE team from accessing sensitive taxpayer information at the IRS.

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  • Business

Privacy advocates file lawsuit to stop DOGE from peeking at IRS taxpayer data

A coalition of watchdog groups and unions is seeking to block the DOGE team from accessing taxpayer data at the IRS. A similar battle is brewing over Social Security data.

February 18, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley and
  • Obed Manuel
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Brazil's former president faces charges over alleged coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged for allegedly helping to mastermind far right coup plot to upset the country's 2022 election result.

February 18, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
A truck drives along Interstate 335 during a winter storm, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, near Luther, Okla.

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Much of U.S. faces subzero temperatures, snow and high winds in coming days

In some parts of the Plains region, the National Weather Service expects temperatures to reach as low as the negative 20s and 30s.

February 18, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
The logo for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as seen in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

Artists protest new NEA restrictions

Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.

February 18, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
A Delta Air Lines regional jet sits upside-down after crashing upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

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  • World

What we know about the Toronto plane crash

Investigators have removed the flight data recorder from a Delta Air Lines regional jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

February 18, 2025
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