A class-action lawsuit aims to force United Airlines to reimburse the baggage fees for the luggage they lose

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United Airlines planes taxi at Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, on July 30, 2023.

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A species of jellyfish carrying one of the most deadly venoms in the world is capable of learning despite not having a brain, new research shows

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Box jellyfish do not have brains yet seem to be capable of learning, a new study reveals.

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Elon Musk keeps publicly begging celebrities to post on X and gets pouty if they choose other platforms

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Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023.
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Can college sports teams unionize? We're about to find out.

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Players on the Dartmouth men's NCAA basketball team have filed a petition to unionize.

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Ukraine used US-provided Strykers to break through a key Russian defensive line littered with minefields and trenches

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Ukraine used US-provided Stryker vehicles — like those pictured above — to break through a series of Russian defensive belts.

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Ukraine's new defense minister says he wants to rebuild the country's military industrial complex

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Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov said Ukrainian forces are making a push to produce ammunition locally.

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One rural Alabama school district figured out how to improve students' math scores: longer classes, group learning, and data diving

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Piedmont Elementary School math teacher Cassie Holbrooks helps a small group of fourth-grade students with a three-digit subtraction problem in Piedmont, Alabama, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Elon Musk's grandfather belonged to a political party that believed the world should be governed by technology. Newspapers at the time described it as having 'the tone of an incipient Fascist movement.'

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Elon Musk.

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A military panel deemed a suspected 9/11 key accomplice unfit for trial due to the CIA's 'torture program'

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The former Camp X-Ray lies in the morning mist. The first prisoners arrived here on January 11, 2002.

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Senior leaders of Russia's military severely wounded during targeted strike on Black Sea Fleet HQ, reports say

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A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.

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