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    Severe floods in Uruguay displace thousands

    STORY: ::Thousands are displaced in Uruguaydue to severe floods and heavy rain::Treinta y Tres, Uruguay::May 9, 2024::Uruguay's national emergency directorissues a stark warning::Santiago CaramesNational Emergencies Director::"What this has in common with the floods in Brazil is that we must take climate change more seriously. All of these things are going to happen more frequently."The governor of Treinta y Tres, one of the departments most affected by the rains, Mario Silvera, described the si

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    Ireland's Eurovision star Bambie Thug cried after finding out Israel had made it to final

    Ireland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug has said they cried with their team after discovering Israel had qualified for the grand finale. Israel’s entry Eden Golan qualified on Thursday for the final with her song Hurricane amid pro-Palestinian protests against the country being included in the event. Bambie, who uses the pronouns they/them, wore a keffiyeh material, commonly used to suggest pro-Palestinian leanings, and carried Irish flags when they spoke to journalists ahead of the

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    Athletes drop Olympic dreams to help Brazil flood victims

    STORY: :: Some Brazilian athletes are giving up their Olympic dreams to help those affected by the deadly flooding:: May 10, 2024 :: Porto Alegre, Brazil :: Rowers Evaldo Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagenwere due to compete in the qualifying phase for the Games:: Piedro Tuchtenhagen, Rower“This whole catastrophe that we are experiencing here took us a little by surprise, we had been training and had the idea of an Olympic dream with qualification, but after seeing over the days the situations we we

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    Wall Street closes up ahead of inflation data

    STORY: Wall Street eked out modest gains on Friday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched its largest weekly gain of the year, as investors looked ahead to key inflation data due out next week.The Dow closed up about a third of a percent higher, its eighth straight day of gains. The S&P 500 ended up fractionally, while the Nasdaq finished about flat but in the red.All three indexes recorded another weekly gain, but the muted end to the week suggested investors might be holding steady befo

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    Baseball-Sized Hail Splashes Into Texas Pool

    Massive hailstones splashed down into a pool and damaged parts of a home in central Texas as severe storms swept the area on Thursday, May 9.Footage filmed and posted to TikTok by Dan Sousa shows what he described as baseball-sized hailstones splashing into his pool, yard, and roof on Thursday.“Temporary irrigation pipes shattered, one window shattered, metal roof took a beating,” Sousa told Storyful. “It even ripped a hole in our wellhead cover!”The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazar

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    Graupel and Snow Dust Ski Resort West of Las Vegas

    Graupel and snow dusted a ski resort west of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, May 10, days after the resort ended winter operations for the season.Footage posted to X by user @mountainman_mc shows graupel and snow falling in Lee Canyon, a ski resort located about 50 miles west of Las Vegas. According to Lee Canyon’s website, the resort averages more than 161 inches of snowfall annually.Summer operations at Lee Canyon are scheduled to begin on May 24, but visitors are welcome to scenic chair rides a

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    UNGA backs Palestinian bid for membership

    STORY: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a bid by Palestine to become a full U.N. member Friday, recommending the U.N. Security Council "reconsider the matter favorably."The vote serves as a global survey of support, after the United States vetoed the idea in the U.N. Security Council a month prior.The Palestinian push for full U.N. membership comes seven months into a war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and as Israel is expanding settlem