The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued warnings advising beachgoers to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in the ocean waters stretching from Malibu, California, to Santa Monica, California, due to high bacteria levels.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
In a Facebook post, the department said the texts may include complex or unusual language and urgent warnings intended to prompt immediate action.
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Maria Salette Ontiveros,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
Researchers are excited about gravitational waves because these spacetime ripples constitute an entirely new way to study the universe, independent of the electromagnetic radiation (light) upon which most other astronomical observations rely.
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K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
The researchers hope to further study IRAS 05189-2524 with XRISM, as well as collect observations with the forthcoming NewAthena spacecraft, set to be the largest X-ray observatory ever built.
A number of leading medical groups raised alarms that the vaccine recommendation changes made under Kennedy would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.
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Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
The fire quickly grew to four alarms with more than 230 firefighters and EMS personnel responding, the FDNY said.
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