The boys from Lake Mary, Florida walked it off against Chinese Taipei in extra innings to win the Little League World Series, 2-1, in thrilling fashion on Sunday night. A Florida team was 0-8 in LLWS title games all-time, but Lake Mary had been fighting tooth and nail throughout this series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, facing…
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News Musk’s SpaceX to attempt first-ever private spacewalk with new suits, vehicle
SpaceX’s astronauts will be the first non-government astronauts to attempt a spacewalk as part of the Polaris Dawn mission. The mission will also test SpaceX’s new, slimmer spacesuit, and a Crew Dragon vehicle that was modified so it can open its hatch door in the vacuum of space, meaning it does not require an airlock….
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News St. Lucia and Dominica Win First-Ever Olympic Medals
Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries and territories, the wait for an Olympic medal goes on, and on, and on. Related Posts Israeli PM Netanyahu warns America: ‘If we don’t win now, then Europe is next and you’re next’…
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News Pope Francis delivers first-ever papal address to G-7, urges ethics in AI use
Pope Francis delivered the first-ever papal address at a G-7 conference on Friday, warning about the ethical pitfalls of artificial intelligence. The pope told the council of world leaders in Fasano, Italy, that AI offers immense benefit to the human race, but also threatens to dehumanize society. “The question of artificial intelligence, however, is often…
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News In on the Joke at the First-Ever Florida Man Games
The idea came to Pete Melfi, a radio personality turned podcaster in St. Augustine, Fla., last year after he organized “the laziest race in the history of races,” a .5-kilometer beer run, and the participants had a grand old time. Wouldn’t it be fun, Mr. Melfi thought, to hold another race, this time with a…
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News ‘First-ever sighting’ of newborn great white shark possibly captured in California
A duo in California could be pulling back the curtain on one of the oldest oceanic mysteries — newborn great whites. Carlos Gauna, a wildlife filmmaker, and Philip Sternes, a University of California biology doctoral student, were scanning the waters in Santa Barbara looking for sharks when Gauna’s drone caught footage of something unique, according…
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News AL convict turns to appeals court to block first-ever nitrogen gas execution
An attorney for death row inmate Kenneth Smith asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to block the murder-for-hire convict’s execution by nitrogen hypoxia. Smith, 58, is set to be the first inmate in the U.S. executed using the method on Jan. 25. Smith’s attorney is using the method’s “untested” nature against the…
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News A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure
Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel experiment Thursday, a different spin on animal-to-human organ transplants. In this case, the pig liver was used outside the…
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News LeBron James takes home MVP of first-ever In-Season Tournament: ‘We made history’
The Los Angeles Lakers are the NBA’s first In-Season Tournament (IST) champions. LeBron James and the Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers 123-109 Saturday night in Las Vegas to take home the championship trophy. The Los Angeles Lakers pose for a photo with the NBA Cup after winning the In-Season Tournament Championship against the Indiana Pacers…
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News Angler sets first-ever fishing record for species caught in North Carolina: ‘Hooked a beast’
A Massachusetts angler has established a new fishing record in the state of North Carolina. Matthew Frattasio was aboard Riptide Charters, under the direction of Captain Terry Nugent, when he reeled in a 26-pound, 15.6-ounce almaco jack near Morehead City, according to a press release issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)….
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