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Once ‘hidden figures,’ now Congressional Gold Medal recipients

WASHINGTON — Congressional Gold Medals were bestowed on a group of Black women who dared to boldly go where no woman had gone before: the labs and offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where pioneering mathematicians and engineers figured out how to slip the surly bonds of Earth.

US says Iran tried to influence election with messages to Biden camp

(Reuters) — Iranian cyber actors sent emails during the summer to people involved in President Joe Biden’s then re-election campaign containing stolen material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign as part of efforts to influence the Nov. 5 election, U.S. agencies said on Wednesday.

Obituaries for September 18

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Lava erupts from Napau Crater

Lava returned to the remote Napau Crater in Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park for the first time in nearly 30 years Tuesday as Kilauea’s latest eruption continues.