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iPhone displaying a "Social Media" folder with nine app icons: Facebook, Instagram, X, Messenger, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Bluesky, TikTok, and Pinterest.

New Jersey's new 'big tech' law aims to regulate kids' social media use: 'Worse than big tobacco'

The new law limits data gathering and bars some algorithmic recommendations.
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Multiple small sea turtles in shallow water inside a bright green plastic basin.

75 'confused' baby sea turtle hatchlings rescued after crawling up a road in search of the ocean

Local officials are urging Florida residents to help keep beachfronts turtle-safe for nesting season.
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A uniformed Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer crouches on a wooden dock, reaching toward a dark-colored otter lying on the planks.

Man saves otter strangled by fishing net using mouth-to-mouth CPR

The otter has made a full recovery and has been reunited with its family in the wild.
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Two firefighters in yellow shirts stand on a dirt road watching a wildfire with heavy smoke billowing through a forested area with tall evergreen trees.

Just weeks before wildfires hit Spokane, the city practiced a mass evacuation. The drill paid off

Rather than asking residents to imagine what they would do during an emergency, community drills allow them to practice it.
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Orange and red striped spider on its web against a green background.

Scientists are using spider webs to develop materials that treat burn wounds, reverse nerve damage

Spiders produce silk from a specialized gland and use it to build incredible web structures. Scientists are figuring out how to replicate this biological feat.
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A small dark-furred mammal, a pine marten, with pointed ears and a pale chest marking stands on a rocky surface, looking toward the camera with green foliage blurred in the background.

Trail cameras capture adorable sighting of first wild pine marten babies born in a century

The new kits are the offspring of a group of endangered pine martens who were released into the wild in 2024 and 2025.
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Man in dark suit and glasses, John Oliver, speaks at desk with Buc-ee's logo displayed on screen behind him against a cityscape backdrop.

John Oliver has beef with Buc-ee's. It's led him to raise $500K to end hunger

The “Last Week Tonight” host has gone after the convenience store chain’s tendency to sue small businesses by opening his own “Buc Off” shop.
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Two nuns hold signs on a residential street. The left sign reads "Make America HUMANE again~ Pass HUMANE IMMIGRATION REFORM" in red and blue handwriting. The right sign has yellow highlighted text reading "I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED ME."

'Even the nuns are mad:' Catholic sisters stand up in support of Haitians outside ICE offices

In Ohio, they're playing a visible role among religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations after mostly Springfield-area Haitian residents were summoned to report to immigration enforcement.
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Two side-by-side images of a sea turtle on sand and dark rocks. Left image shows the sea turtle's full body covered in sand with yellow and reddish coloring. Right image shows a close-up of the sea turtle's claws and front legs on dark ground.

Florida runner saves massive loggerhead sea turtle that was hopelessly flipped upside down in the sand

Sage LaJoie is used to seeing animals in need along her running route in Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge — but this one was her biggest challenge yet.
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Four Black women in white nursing uniforms and caps stand outside a brick building with a porch, looking toward the camera.

6,000 digitized portraits of Black history now available and free to the public for the first time

A collection of historic pictures by photographer Richard Samuel Roberts capture Columbia’s Black families and community.
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Four people crouch beside a pink and yellow ocean kayak on a paved area with parked cars visible in background. Right image: A sea turtle with a dark shell and yellow-outlined flippers rests on white fabric, with tumors on its eyes and flippers.

Kayak guide interrupts tour in the Florida Keys to paddle out to a sea turtle in distress

Allison Calhoun was leading a tour in the Florida Keys when she got the call to help “a little guy” in need.
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A white banner hanging from trees along a residential street reads "SAY NO TO EAST WHITELAND DATA CENTER!" with a red prohibition symbol. A red pickup truck is parked on the road nearby.

Data center proposals keep coming to Pennsylvania. A 41,000-person Facebook group leads the fight against them

In response to souring public opinion on data centers, Pennsylvanians have flocked to grassroots Facebook groups.
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