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In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the subject of a space debris cleanup mission was itself hit by a piece of space junk.

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On Tuesday, Hawaiian officials urged family members to provide DNA samples that might help identify relatives missing from the wildfires. There are still more than 1,000 people missing after the United States deadliest wildfire in more than a century swept through Maui.

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Tropical storm Harold made landfall over Southern Texas earlier today, making it the first storm to reach the continental U.S. in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

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A terrifying new report from the New York Times claims that “near collisions” involving commercial airliners are basically a weekly occurrence in America.

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850 people are currently still missing in Maui, more than two weeks after the fires first sparked, Maui County’s Mayor

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Tropical storm Hilary swept over Baja California and up into Southern California this weekend, flooding roads and felling trees. This is the first tropical storm to hit the state in over 80 years, the Associated Press reports.

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Devastating wildfires that have killed more than 100 people have also created dangerous conditions for fragile wildlife and natural ecosystems off Maui’s shores. Scientists and officials are worried that coral reefs near Maui are going to be hurt in the aftermath of these fires.

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Atlantic tropical storms are more likely to kill minorities and those in other vulnerable communities, according to a new study published in Science Advances.

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Wildfires in Maui have devastated the communities in Hawaii over the last week, but a new book listed on Amazon about the natural disaster has raised eyebrows from reviewers.

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The future is nigh, but San Francisco wants to push it off just a little farther. The Bay Area city is asking California regulators to push pause on the expansion of robotaxi services from Waymo and Cruise.

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