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New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.

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Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited earthquake-struck Santorini on Friday, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity.

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Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited earthquake-struck Santorini on Friday, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity.

Feb 7, 2025 5:38 AM Read more >

The number of snakes removed from this Australian yard will make you shudder

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard.

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EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers but can't do it in its home state

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C.

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New law in Brazil is making students put away their smartphones at school

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting their use in schools took effect.

Feb 6, 2025 9:03 PM Read more >

The swarm of earthquakes shaking Santorini prompts Greece to declare an emergency

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

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OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

OpenAI is scouring the U.S.

Feb 6, 2025 5:45 PM Read more >

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan duo in the the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in place for the popular social media platform TikTok. Reps.

Feb 6, 2025 3:22 PM Read more >

Nebraska government system shutdown disrupts the Legislature, DMV and other offices

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A systemwide outage of state goverment computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours Thursday.

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