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Why a stranger's hello can do more than just brighten your day

6:05pm August 23, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Researchers are exploring the impact of interactions with strangers and casual acquaintances. Their findings shed light on how seemingly fleeting conversations affect your happiness and well-being.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24.

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Russian officials say Wagner boss Prigozhin was on passenger list of jet that crashed

5:17pm August 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

A jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't clear if he was on board.

Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday to be booked in Atlanta.

Politics & Government

Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Georgia to face election interference charges

4:57pm August 23, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

Rudy Giuliani has surrendered in Atlanta to be booked as part of county prosecutors' investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Giuliani faces 13 felony counts.

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute studied female octopuses that nest together off Central California at a depth of about 3,200 meters.

Science

Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

2:13pm August 23, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Over 6,000 octopuses have been found huddling around an extinct volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean near California, and researchers now think they understand why the octopuses find it so cozy.

Members of the California National Guard's Task Force Rattlesnake clear brush and small trees to reduce the likelihood of a high-intensity wildfire.

Hotter climate means a never-ending fire season for the National Guard

1:50pm August 23, 2023

by Quil Lawrence

California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.

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A very notable figure is missing from the Republican primary debate lineup.

'Punch, pivot and be appealing': Expert's guide for candidates in Trump-less debate

1:10pm August 23, 2023

Donald Trump is the front-runner in the Republican presidential primary. And with a healthy lead in the polls, he's skipping the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday.

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Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

India joins an elite club as first to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole

1:09pm August 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Scientists believe the south pole region might hold frozen water that could help future astronaut missions.

A former President Donald Trump supporter stands near the Fiserv Forum Tuesday as setup continues for Wednesday's Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.

Politics & Government

5 questions ahead of the first GOP primary debate of the 2024 election cycle

12:58pm August 23, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

The first Republican primary debate, in Milwaukee on Wednesday, will give many Americans the first chance to hear from the GOP presidential candidates, but the party's frontrunner won't be there.

In this photo released by Rescue 1122 Emergency Department, rescue workers help a villager as he and others are being evacuate from a flooded area of Bahawalnagar district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

World News

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated over 3 weeks from flooding in Pakistan

12:27pm August 23, 2023

Pakistani authorities are still struggling to overcome the damage caused by massive floods last summer that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739.

Health & Safety

Abortion bans are fueling a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals

11:10am August 23, 2023

by Kristen Schorsch

Illinois hospitals are seeing a surge of out-of-state patients who need abortion care at a hospital due to medical complications. But hospital-based abortions are more costly and harder to arrange.

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