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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing at least 1,500 more. Volcanic debris “poured across the land,” wrote the Roman lawyer Pliny the Younger, and blanketed the town in a darkness “like the black of closed and unlighted rooms.” Within two […]

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Xabi Alonso plays down Victor Boniface, Emiliano Buendía confrontation

Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has played down Victor Boniface’s furious reaction with teammate Emiliano Buendía during the team’s Bundesliga win at Eintracht Frankfurt. Boniface lashed out at Argentina winger Buendía after they got in each other’s way during stoppage time in Saturday’s 4-1 win, and he had to be calmed by teammates. Jeremie Frimpong tried […]

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She’s a Foot Soldier in America’s Losing War With Chronic Disease

Sam Runyon navigated to the house by memory as she reviewed her patient’s file, a “problem list” of medications and chronic diseases that went on for several pages. Sam, a 45-year-old nurse, had already seen Cora Perkins survive two types of cancer. During previous appointments, she had found Cora’s arms turning blue from diabetes, or […]

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Keir Starmer dismisses SNP call to axe Donald Trump state visit

Mary McCool BBC Scotland News ‘I won’t be diverted by SNP rhetoric on Trump visit’ – Starmer The prime minister has dismissed calls from the SNP to scrap an unprecedented second state visit for Donald Trump following a showdown with Ukraine’s President Zelensky. Trump accused Zelensky of “gambling with World War Three” at the White […]

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