Scientists want to use a self-consuming rocket to help control the space junk problem

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The researchers and their prototype.

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Fans of now-discontinued Fruit Stripe gum are joking online that the treat was the best few seconds of their lives

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Stock image of striped gum similar to Fruit Stripe.

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The GOP blocked more US aid to Ukraine weeks after Republicans blasted Biden for not doing enough to help the country

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Police responded to a 'fertilizer bomb' threat at the home of the judge in Trump's civil fraud trial: source

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New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron

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Hunter Biden walked out on Marjorie Taylor Greene after making a surprise appearance at a congressional hearing

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, sits with his attorney Abbe Lowell as he makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024.

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Russian planes keep accidentally bombing Russia-controlled territory, likely because of poor training and tired crews, UK intel says

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A Russian fighter jet.

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Trump's defense from his 2021 impeachment trial comes back to bite him in court as he argues for immunity

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President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk in May 2020.

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Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre didn't think Donald Trump was involved in the pedophile's sex ring

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Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida.

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Trump's lawyer argues that a president can order SEAL Team Six to assassinate his political rival if Congress is cool with it

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Former President Donald Trump at the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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Saudi Arabia still wants to normalize ties with Israel, meaning a key goal of Hamas' October 7 attacks has apparently failed

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.

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