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  1. Periods are a nightmare in Gaza's crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them

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    Samah El-Nazli, a mother of four living in a makeshift tent in Rafah, is among millions of Gazans in overcrowded camps struggling to access food, water and sanitation as the war continues. She and others are opting to use birth control to delay their periods rather than scrambling to find costly feminine hygiene products.

  2. Honeybees invaded a reporter's home, and upended everything she thought she knew about them

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    When honeybees invaded Sarah Kliff's house, nobody wanted to help her get rid of them. And she, too, wanted to save the bees. But when she started digging into it, she discovered something that shocked her — honeybees don’t need our protection.

  3. Trump, Republicans try to equate campus protests to Jan. 6 riot, Charlottesville rally

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    Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University's pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Experts say comparisons to the Capitol riot, or an infamous 2017 Charlottesville rally, are strained.

  4. U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rate, saying it will take 'longer than expected' to start cutting

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    The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it is still leaning toward eventual reductions in borrowing costs, but that cuts could be delayed as recent inflation numbers have strayed further from its two per cent target.

  5. Police presence at UCLA ramps up again after protesters, counter-protesters clash over Israel-Hamas war

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    Mounting tensions on U.S. campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian and anti-war protesters at UCLA, just hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and flattened a tent city on its campus.