As It Is

2020-06-10 Pope Sends Strong Message to US Catholics After Floyd Death

Pope Francis called George Floyd by name two times in a speech last week. And he offered support to an…

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2020-06-10 Coronavirus Disrupts Fight to Save Endangered Species

Scientist Carlos Ruiz has spent 25 years working to save golden lion tamarins. The long-haired monkeys that live in Brazil's…

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2020-06-10 Scientists Study Dinosaur’s Last Meal

Around 110 million years ago, a dinosaur ate some plants, in what is now western Canada, before suddenly dying. That creature is…

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2020-06-09 Coronavirus Results in Unexpected Gift to Dutch Museum

A museum facing financial difficulties because of COVID-19 restrictions has received a surprise gift meant to honor people who died of the…

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2020-06-09 Americans Buy Used Cars in the Coronavirus Economy

In April, as America shutdown to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, used-car salesman Alex Tovstanovsky bought as many…

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2020-06-08 Heat-trapping Carbon Dioxide in Air Hits Record High

Scientists say the world recently set a record for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The record level was reached although…

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2020-06-08 New Zealand Declares Itself Free from Coronavirus

New Zealand has declared itself free from the coronavirus and lifted all virus-related restrictions within the country. Health officials said…

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2020-06-07 Scientists Find Largest, Oldest-Known Mayan Structure

Scientists have discovered the largest and oldest-known structure that was built by the ancient Mayan people. Large and shaped like…

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2020-06-08 Will Temperature Checks Help Protect Workers?

Businesses in the United States are opening up after closures ordered by health and other officials because of the coronavirus…

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2020-06-07 History Lessons of 1968 and Other Years

The streets were on fire as National Guard troops moved into cities across the United States. The cries were full…

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2020-06-06 DNA Helps Scholars Understand Dead Sea Scrolls

An international team of scientists has successfully decoded ancient DNA from animal skin on which some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were…

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2020-06-06 Scientists Find Mammoth Bones Near Mexico City

Huge bones have been discovered in a place 50 kilometers north of Mexico City where a new airport is being…

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2020-06-04 France Launches Contact-Tracing App Despite Privacy Concerns

France is launching an official software application, or app, aimed at containing new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. The app's main purpose…

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2020-06-05 One Hundred Year Later, Hungarians Still Feel World War One Injustice

For Laszlo Petrik, any talk of the Treaty of Trianon stirs up strong feelings. Petrik is an ethnic Hungarian who lives on…

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2020-06-03 Police Chokeholds Reviewed Around the World

George Floyd died on May 25 after an American police officer pressed his leg on Floyd's neck for several minutes during…

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