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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 26, 2022.

S&P Drops On Fears Of Prolonged Inflation

U.S. stocks ended a whipsaw session lower on Thursday, as investors fretted inflation could remain elevated for longer than expected, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates ever more aggressively.
The site of a possible $1.5 billion water desalination plant for the city of Huntington Beach is shown along the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., May 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone.

California Regulators Set To Vote On Desalination Plant

California regulators on Thursday will vote on whether to approve a proposed $1.4 billion plant to convert seawater to drinking water, a project billed as a partial solution to a sustained drought that threatens the state's economic health.
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A view of the Milky Way from an area of Puyehue National Park near Osorno City, Chile, May 8, 2008.

Scientists Unveil Image Of 'Gentle Giant' Black Hole At Milky Way's Center

Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at the "gentle giant" lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy - an image https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/EHT_PR_Main_Image_Wide_lores.jpg of a supermassive black hole that devours any matter within its huge gravitational pull but is currently on a bit of a diet.
An army member stops vehicles at a check point on a the main road after the curfew was extended for another extra day following a clash between Anti-government demonstrators and Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters, amid the country's economic crisis, in C

Many Sri Lankans Flee Colombo As Crisis Persists

Many Sri Lankans thronged buses in the main city Colombo on Thursday to return to their hometowns during a brief relaxation in curfew, imposed after the prime minister quit and went into hiding and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa warned of anarchy.
Joanna Martinez, a funeral home worker, looks into a refrigeration cooler with decedents who passed on due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) marked with red tags inside a refrigeration cooler with other bodies not affected at the Farmington Funeral Ho

COVID Claims 1 Million U.S. Lives

The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it.

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