As 2024 draws to a close, here is a look back at some of the key events that shaped it.
A look back at key events that shaped the world in 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, here is a look back at some of the key events that shaped it.
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- NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface
- Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier
- Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia
- Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
- A new neutrino detector in China aims to spot mysterious ghost particles lurking around us
- Science v. Waste: The quest for fresher produce
- Fact CheckTOP STORIES
- NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
- Who's running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates
- Police in Greece allege that rap singer blew up and robbed cash machines to pay for music videos
- FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent
- FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts
- Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters
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- Brazilians honor sea goddess and mark arrival of new year with dance and drums in Rio de Janeiro
- New year's food traditions vary by culture and region to bring good luck and prosperity
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- Large waves wreak havoc on coastal communities and fisheries in northern Peru
- Hong Kong holds first panda-themed drone show
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- HealthTOP STORIES
- Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
- Takeaways from AP's report on social safety nets in states that ban abortion
- In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families
- A pacemaker for the brain helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be widely available
- Paxlovid is effective for treating COVID-19. Why is it underused?
- Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role
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- From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges
- Crammed with tourists, Alaska's capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes
- Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together
- A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why?
- Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government
- In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months
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