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Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

15 October 2026 at 10:12
A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy.

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A picture released by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute showing specialists working in a laboratory in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in 2019.

A Lab Worker’s Death Is Raising Plague Fears in Russia. What Do Experts Want to Know?

8 October 2026 at 11:09
Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.

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Russian health officials have not linked the death of a lab worker to infection with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague.

Russia Says It Found No β€˜Emergency’ in Plague Lab

7 October 2026 at 14:20
New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

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The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.

Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car

20 September 2026 at 10:29
Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.

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The case touched on the legal extent to which Uber is responsible for the actions of its drivers.

Amazon Suspends Flights With Airline Whose Plane Crashed in Miami

14 September 2026 at 12:42
The online retailer said it would β€œpause” its relationship with 21 Air, the cargo airline operating a Boeing 767 that overshot a runway in Miami.

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Amazon’s Prime Air operations uses several cargo airlines to fly planes on its behalf.

A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?

11 September 2026 at 08:17
The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.

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