A gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials. Police in Joliet said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas.
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NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out.
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Another three survivors pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Turkey
At least three more people, including two minors, have been incredibly pulled alive from the rubble of a devastating earthquake, 10 days after it struck parts of Turkey and Syria. A 17-year-old Aleyna Ölmez was dubbed the miracle girl when she was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday, 248 hours after the Feb. 6 quake, as rescue efforts shift to recovery operations ten days on from the disaster.
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All time highs across Southeast Asia were recorded in Vietnam, Laos and Bangkok
Temperature records tumbled across Southeast Asia over the weekend as the region swelters under a weekslong heat wave that has brought misery to millions. All time highs were recorded in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand’s capital, where the heat has been compounded by an intense smoggy season that has caused pollution levels to spike. Scientists have long warned that heat waves are set to get worse as the impacts of the human-caused climate crisis accelerate.
