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A recovery vehicle drives past burned structures and cars two months after a devastating wildfire on October 9th, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.  | Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images

New details surfaced this week about cascading failures that led to wildfires ripping through Maui last August. While investigations confirming the cause of the blaze are ongoing, officials are



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Tesla gave some workers a new severance offer with additional pay and health insurance.
  • Tesla sent some laid-off staff a new severance offer with additional pay and health insurance.
  • The initial severance offer included two months pay and health insurance coverage, two workers said.
  • Elon Musk has said he plants to cut more than 10% of Tesla's workforce.

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Congratulations to you, the proud owner of a buzzy new sex toy!

Acquiring a new adult toy is such fun, but with it comes a much less fun act of adulting: Figuring out where and how to store it. We're here to give you the basics of sex toy safety and how you can take the best possible care of your precious sex toy collection.

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With bamboo-based products on the rise, we wanted to see how they compared to their plastic and paper counterparts. We went to Taiwan and China for a behind-the-scenes look at how bamboo is turned into cups, lunchboxes, toilet paper, and cutlery — and figured out which of these products have the biggest impact on our environment.


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The Waymo vehicle was set on fire with fireworks. | Image: Frisco Live 415

The San Francisco Police Department has identified and served a search warrant on a teenager who is suspected of starting a fire in a Waymo self-driving taxi vehicle earlier this year.

On March 27th, investigators entered the suspect’s residence and seized evidence that connects the 14-year-old male



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A stock image shows a tourist photographing the Gorner Glacier in Switzerland.
  • A Florida man received a $143,000 phone bill from T-Mobile after an overseas trip to Switzerland.
  • The charges were due to his phone not being set for international roaming, according to ABC Action News.
  • After legal intervention and media coverage, T-Mobile agreed to credit the

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They may not sound as majestic as herds of elephants or flocks of migrating birds, but as these photos attest, there’s incredible beauty to be found in moss springtails and slime molds. Life is just as dramatic at a smaller scale, and, like in the macro world, water is key to survival.

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There's a lot of reasons you might want to switch your location on or off on your iPhone. Some geolocation-based apps, like Google Maps or ridesharing services, need location access to function (it's kind of the point). The iPhone camera connects location data with your photos and videos. Some social media apps that allow you to check in to places need to you to turn the location on. But perhaps



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A living room can easily look cluttered if you don't design or organize it right.
  • We asked three interior designers to share items and trends they hate to see in a living room.
  • The designers said that fake plants and frilly, heavy drapes are outdated and need to go.
  • They also said too many throw pillows and stacks of magazines could make a space feel cluttered.

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Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber
  • Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber in war first.
  • The aircraft was hit in Russia's Stavropol region.
  • The bomber was on its way to attack Ukraine, said the air forces.

Ukraine has shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber for the first