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She wanted a space for her son, who has autism, to explore nature. So, she created a whimsical fairy forest.

If you walk around the Rahway Trail in the South Mountain Reservation of Millburn, New Jersey, you might spot more than leaves, trees and chipmunks. Fairies live among the foliage. Small whimsical cottages are hidden in the tree trunks and branches – a surprisingly sweet sight in an otherwise normal-looking forest. The fairy homes were not built by mythical creatures, …

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Sperm whales slow death trapped in maze-like Japanese bay raises alarm over impact of global warming

Tokyo — The slow demise of a stray whale that spent its last days circling Osaka Bay not only saddened TV viewers across Japan, it also alarmed cetacean experts who called the whale the latest casualty of a warming planet. “Whales used to lose their way every three years or so,” Yasunobu Nabeshima, a visiting researcher at the Osaka Museum …

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Tipped-over Odysseus moon lander, spotted by lunar orbiter, sends back pictures

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the tipped-over Odysseus lander on the surface of the moon, officials said Monday, confirming it touched down less than a mile from its planned landing site near the moon’s south pole. Odysseus builder Intuitive Machines of Houston posted a picture captured by the lander during its final descent, along with a blurry shot apparently …

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Biden says he hopes for Israel-Hamas cease-fire by Monday

Washington — President Biden said Monday that a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza is close. “My national security adviser tells me that we’re close, we’re close, it’s not done yet. And my hope is that by next Monday we’ll have a cease-fire,” Mr. Biden told reporters during a stop in New York City. Mr. Biden …

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Network founded by Koch brothers says it will stop spending on Nikki Haleys presidential campaign

Americans for Prosperity Action, a libertarian conservative political policy network founded by the billionaire Koch brothers, announced on Sunday that it will no longer spend on Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign. The cut comes after Haley lost the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina on Saturday to former President Donald Trump by 20 points. “Nikki Haley has shown …

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Three-man, one-woman crew flies to Florida to prep for Friday launch to space station

Three NASA astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut crewmate flew to the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday to prepare for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Friday, kicking off a planned six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station. Flying in from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Crew 8 commander Matthew Dominick, co-pilot Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps …

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Gaza struggles under Israels bombardment with few functional hospitals

Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a Philadelphia-based doctor and medical director for MedGlobal, a U.S. based nongovernmental organization that sends volunteer doctors and nurses into disaster areas and war zones, has been to Syria, Yemen and Ukraine. But the American doctor said that what she saw in Gaza before she left in January was incomparable. What most impacted Ahmed, who spent 16 …

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Man found guilty in trans womans killing after first federal gender-based hate crime trial

A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in thenation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of a woman referred to as “Dime Doe” in 2019. Ritter was also found guilty …

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Pope Francis cancels audience due to a mild flu, Vatican says

Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled for Saturday as a precaution after suffering a mild flu, the Vatican press office said in a short statement, without adding details. Francis was scheduled to meet with Rome deacons in the morning. The pontiff, 87, had already been forced to cancel some of his activities in November due to breathing problems. A …

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Trump is projected to win South Carolina Republican primary, beat Haley. Here are the full results.

Washington — CBS News projects that former President Donald Trump will win the South Carolina GOP primary, defeating former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state. Haley, however, hadvowed to press forward in the GOP nomination contest whatever the outcome. A home-state advantage did not translate into a lead in the polls for the former governor of South …

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