Josie Fischels
Stories
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Health
Tokyo's COVID Cases Are Soaring, But Japan's PM Says The Olympics Are Not To Blame
Daily coronavirus cases in Tokyo have set records for three days straight, but Japan's prime minister denies that the Olympic Games are to blame.
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Health
The Pentagon Will Require Masks To Be Worn Indoors Even By Those Who Are Vaccinated
Reversing a decision made in May that allowed fully vaccinated people to ditch the mask, the Department of Defense will follow the CDC's most recent mask guidance.
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Sports
The Lockdown Forced The Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz To Get Creative In Her Training
The weightlifter became an Olympic record holder and the first gold medalist in Philippines history. But her training journey to get to Tokyo was anything but average.
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National
The Western Wildfires Are Affecting People 3,000 Miles Away
Eastern states have been clouded in a smoky haze for days, and with the smoke comes poor air quality. People far away from the fires aren't ready for the breathing problems the smoke brings.
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Science
'Who Wants A Skittle?' And Other Things Overheard On Jeff Bezos' Trip To Space
From "Woo-hoo!" to "Who wants a Skittle?" here's what Jeff Bezos and his crew said on their 10-minute Blue Origin flight to the edge of space.
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Technology
Oof, Y'all, Dictionary.com Just Added Over 300 New Words And Definitions
Terms related to pop culture, technology and the pandemic — like "zaddy," "5G" and "asynchronous" — are also among the latest additions to the online dictionary.
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National
An Amazon Delivery Driver Killed A Spider For A Grateful Customer. There's A Video
Terrified of the "huge" spider on her porch, a woman used Amazon's special instructions section to ask her delivery driver to kill it. He did, and now she's trying to find him to say, "Thank you."
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Food
Mac & Cheese Is The Ice Cream You Never Thought You'd Need And Now It's Hard To Get
Macaroni & cheese ice cream is here, and not everyone thinks it's a good idea. "We are living in the last days," comedian Josh Pray says.
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Environment
A Study Predicts Record Flooding In The 2030s, And It's Partly Because Of The Moon
Researchers say high tide flooding in U.S. coastal regions will become more frequent in the mid-2030s because of climate change, amplified by a routine wobble in the moon's orbit.
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Environment
At Least 600 Tons Of Dead Fish Have Washed Up Along Tampa Bay's Shore
The hordes of fish were killed by a red tide, a large "bloom" of toxic algae that appears on Florida's Gulf Coast about once a year. Experts say the bloom shouldn't be happening right now.