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MLB Finally Recognizes Negro League Players as Major Leaguers

It has taken 100 years, but Major League Baseball (MLB) announced on Dec. 16 that the Negro Leagues will be included in the organization’s history rather than being treated as a separate entity. “It is […]

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Mount Everest Grows Taller By 86 Centimeters

Kathmandu, Nepal — The world’s highest mountain has grown a little taller. Nepal and China have together measured the Himalayan mountain peak of Mount Everest on their border and declared that its new height is […]

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Indian Innovator Lights Up His Village

GHAZIABAD, Uttar Pradesh — At the Koyla Nagar Hospital in the eastern coal-mining town of Dhanbad, Kamil Topno is a laboratory technician. But, in his village Thakurain Dera, about 240 km west, the 36-year-old is […]

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U.S. Looks to Iceland as it Seeks to Boost Geothermal Energy Growth

Just beneath the surface of the Earth lies a tremendous untapped source of energy that could help the United States meet renewable energy targets and mitigate the effects of climate change. Geothermal energy — derived […]

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The surprising US city where Israeli tech is heading next

For Israeli companies considering US market entry, the United States they believe existed pre-Covid is a far different place than the country they wish to access now. While the pandemic has caused a lot of […]

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Remembering the Sacrifices of the ‘Golden 13’

ST AUGUSTINE, Florida — The little-known story of the ‘”Golden 13,” the U.S. Navy’s first black commissioned officers, is chronicled in two oral histories, one compiled by historian and retired naval officer Paul Stillwell; the […]