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When something enters Earth's atmosphere, it's typically in a fiery blaze.
  • Scientists have discovered evidence of various pollutant metals in Earth's stratosphere.
  • They traced the metals back to rockets and satellites launched into space.
  • The stratosphere contains the protective ozone layer. It's unclear how these metals could affect it.

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A student loan deferment could give you some breathing room but will stall your progress toward repayment.
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To check if a CD is safe, review whether a financial institution is federally insured by the NCUA or FDIC.
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  • Attorneys in Sam Bankman-Fried's Manhattan trial were chewed out by the judge on Wednesday.
  • Judge Lewis Kaplan lost his patience over two witnesses who gave useless testimony.
  • Kaplan was particularly frustrated that one of the witnesses had traveled from Texas to participate.

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Boutique handheld gaming company Ayaneo has announced the Ayaneo Flip DS — a 7-inch 120Hz handheld gaming clamshell with a second screen that’s clearly inspired by the Nintendo DS, and might let it play games like one too.

According to Liliputing’s Brad Linder, who deserves kudos for calling out the company’s attempt to plant a “leak,”



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TCG Anadolu, a drone-aircraft carrier and Turkey's largest warship, in the Bosphorus in April.
  • Fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea has picked up in recent months.
  • The fighting is taking a toll on Russia's Black Sea Fleet, which Moscow can't reinforce.
  • Turkey's enforcement of the Montreux Convention limits what Russia and NATO can send



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Netflix just dropped its latest earnings report and included some info on a new price increase.



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Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands as the enlisted landing signalman while an E-2D Hawkeye prepares to land on Gerald R. Ford's flight deck.
  • The USS Gerald R. Ford entered the eastern Mediterranean last week.
  • The carrier strike group is there in support of Israel.
  • The Ford is on its first full deployment.

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Palestinians check the place of the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
Palestinians check the place of the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
  • Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike for the deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. 
  • Israel denied this, pinning blame — as the US has — on a Palestinian militant group's failed rocket.
  • A former UN war crimes investigator says the visuals of the incident appear