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A robotic arm at the International Space Station is seen releasing a pallet packed with batteries in 2021. NASA says a metal alloy stanchion from that flight equipment is what landed in a Florida home. NASA hide caption

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A Florida family is suing NASA after a piece of space debris crashed through their home

The space agency determined that the material was a metal alloy stanchion used on “NASA flight support equipment.”

Sports

Meet Brazil's beloved Olympic surfers

4 min

Meet Brazil's beloved Olympic surfers

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Wilmer Vasquez was a gregarious extrovert. "He was very outgoing person," remembers his ex-girlfriend Rose Carvajal. He died in 2023 at just 29 years old after working outside as a roofer in record-breaking August heat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rose Carvajal hide caption

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The Undercount: The invisible death toll from climate change

Extreme heat contributed to his brother’s death. He worries he could be next

8 min

Extreme heat contributed to his brother’s death. He worries he could be next

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A robotic arm at the International Space Station is seen releasing a pallet packed with batteries in 2021. NASA says a metal alloy stanchion from that flight equipment is what landed in a Florida home. NASA hide caption

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A Florida family is suing NASA after a piece of space debris crashed through their home

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History

A look back at the start of the Zionist movement and its founder

7 min

A look back at the start of the Zionist movement and its founder

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