Yearly Archives: 2020

Russian police cracked down on anti-Putin protests

Anti-Kremlin protests have been going on for three months in the city of Khabarovsk, 300,000 miles east of Moscow. Locals were outraged by President Vladimir Putin’s decision to detain popular local governor Sergei Ferguson in a case over his denial of murder charges. Video footage on social media showed a …

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Alabama Closes Weeks in Coronavirus Deaths: Week in Review

Things have been relatively quiet in Alabama’s fight against coronavirus over the past few weeks, but the last four days have been a significant disappointing sign of death from the virus as the state prepares for colder weather. The Alabama Department of Public Health reported more than 6,750 new virus …

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What is the first human species to become extinct?

In the late 1600s, in the lush forests of Mauritius, the very last dodo breathed its last. After centuries of incredible excitement in the tropical subterranean, the species found its untimely end in the hands of humans who arrived on the island less than 100 years ago. With their zeal …

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