Scientists say they have found a new species of Medusae — a type of free-swimming, umbrella-shaped jellyfish. The sea creature — which was first spotted in 2002 in a deep-sea volcanic structure in ocean waters south of Tokyo, Japan — has a bright red “X” on its stomach. The findings were published this past November in the scientific journalZootaxa. The …
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Planning for retirement can be both exciting and overwhelming. While the idea of retirement is appealing to most people, the idea of saving enough to retire may not be. There’s a lot more to creating a solid retirement plan than just making sure thebalance in your retirement accounts lines up with your financial plan. When you add in the other …
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Wrapping up the third fully commercial visit to the International Space Station, a four-man crew sponsored by Houston-based Axiom Space undocked from the outpost early Wednesday and settled in for a marathon 47-hour free flight to re-entry and splashdown Friday off the Florida coast. Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, commander Michael López-Alegría, Italian co-pilot Walter Villadei, Swedish flier …
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A Palestinian-American woman was pulled out of bed in her family’s home in the West Bank and arrested earlier this week. Now her family in the U.S. and the Biden administration are seeking information about her case. Israel’s military says Samaher Esmail, 46, of Gretna, Louisiana, was arrested for “incitement on social media.” Her son, who is in Louisiana, told …
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Las Vegas — On the hunt for Super Bowl fakes, Homeland Security Investigations agents swept through Las Vegas over the past few days, seizing 4,600 football forgeries and counterfeits in hours, worth nearly $1 million. “I think annually, the number of items out there, estimated to be in the trillions, and that’s trillion with a with a ‘T,'” said Katrina …
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Gold has long been a popular investment asset, and the commodity’s safe-haven properties continue to attract investors today. And, it’s no secret that the precious metal is a good tool for portfolio diversification, either. If you structure your investment as a gold individual retirement account (IRA), investing in gold can have benefits you may not have considered. In fact, there …
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The presidential primary seasonis over, and now that former President Donald Trump has secured the Republican nomination, he’s getting questions about who’s on his VP short list and what qualities he’s looking for in a running mate. In February, while the primaries were still underway, Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that he wasn’t planning to announce his choice “for …
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Excitement is growing across the U.S. as a long-awaited total solar eclipse finally arrives today. Here’s where you can see theApril 8 solar eclipseand how and when to watch it. When is the total solar eclipse? The 2024total solar eclipsebegins on Mexico’s Pacific Coast at around 11:07 a.m. PDT, on Monday, April 8. It then travels across parts of the …
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In the weeks before Valentine’s Day, CBS News is featuringstories about love that blossomed despite unimaginable odds. We call this seriesLove, Against All Odds. Millions of people turn to dating apps to look for love. But what one Minnesota couple found was more like an against-all-odds match. Elizabeth Christensen, a mom of two young kids who was recently divorced, matched …
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It’s tax time again – and that means you could receive extra money soon. That’s because the majority of Americans receive a tax refund according to the IRS. However, the size of the refund you receive depends on a wide range of factors. Things like how much money you earned, how much you paid into taxes and what expenses you …
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