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Get your glasses ready and brush up on those viewing tips, people. On April 8, a total solar eclipse will pass over North America — here's exactly where — in an incredible turn of luck for us.

Wherever you're watching it, it's not going to the terrifying event it apparently used to be, and will not only see the moon pass in front of the sun but bring some other neat planets into view — a comet



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Financial assistance could limit rates of child abuse and neglect, a new study from doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia finds.
  • Chronic economic stress increases risks of child maltreatment and neglect.
  • Financial support to low-income families could lower child abuse rates, doctors found.
  • Measures like guaranteed basic income and tax credits can improve child

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Hawaiians pay more of their income toward state taxes than any other state.
  • A WalletHub study reveals state tax rates vary greatly across the U.S.
  • Hawai'i has the highest middle-class tax burden while Alaska has the lowest.
  • Despite lacking state income tax, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington have high tax burdens.

The amount of taxes you pay is strongly influenced by where you live


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Over the years, Engadget has been the target of a common SEO scam, wherein someone claims ownership of an image and demands a link back to a particular website. A lot of other websites would tell you the same thing, but now the scammers are making their fake DMCA takedown notices and threats of legal action look more legit with the help of easily accessible AI tools. 

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WrestleMania is quite possibly the biggest event in professional wrestling. It's the "Showcase of the Immortals," "The Granddaddy of Them All," "The Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment" – you get the point.

This is a big deal for professional wrestling fans across the world, but even if you've never heard of WrestleMania, or watched a WWE event, this is a great time to start, as many of the



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If you loved Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, there's a new six-episode, animated anthology coming, of course, to bring you over to the dark side.

With a new trailer out this week, the Dave Filoni-created Star Wars: Tales of the Empire serves up a look at two storylines involving former Jedi Barriss Offee (voiced by Meredith Salenger) and warrior Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) and how they find



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When researchers revealed the results of a study on the prevalence of microplastics in human placentas earlier this year, the findings were profoundly disturbing. Researchers analysed 62 placental tissue samples — and found microplastics in all of them.  In the words of the lead author of the study, “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted.”



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Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.
Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory in China.
  • China's economy is struggling amid a property debt crisis and flagging demand.
  • There are concerns that China is overproducing items and exporting them to a world that cannot absorb all of them.
  • US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to address the issue of overcapacity with senior

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As Mashable's Kristy Puchko points out, Babes, a forthcoming film by Better Things' Pamela Adlon, is helmed by "a trio of badass comediennes." Adlon, who makes her feature directorial debut, enlisted Survival of the Thickest's Michelle Buteau and Broad City's Ilana Glazer for her film about childhood best friends navigating adulthood and motherhood.

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The chain opened its first store in Los Angeles in 1982.
  • 99 Cents Only Stores, a discount chain with branches in several states, is winding down operations.
  • It's selling its 371 stores and will liquidate its merchandise and fixtures.
  • The company blamed a number of factors including the pandemic, shrink, and inflation.

Discount chain 99 Cents Only Stores is closing down.

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Ukrainian soldiers guide a mortar in a forest in Donetsk Oblast on February 17, 2024
  • An American veteran in Ukraine said Republicans blocking support for Ukraine is making his party support falter.
  • He said the lack of GOP support for Ukraine may stop him from voting for the party next time.
  • Ukraine's forces have proved their abilities and could be in a

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Millions of people are about to have the rare opportunity to look directly at the sun.

Those within the corridor created by the moon's shadow — aka the "path of totality" — will get up to 4.5 minutes to take a gander with the naked eye during the total solar eclipse on April 8.

If that statement raises your hackles, you're not alone. Parents have scolded children likely for centuries — long before