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Will actors soon join Hollywood's writers on strike?

SAG-AFTRA, which represents film and TV actors, has overwhelmingly approved a possible strike, with members of the union voting 97.91% in favor of authorization. This doesn't guarantee a strike will happen, but it gives the union's leadership the ability to call one if negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the major studios, doesn't produce a new deal. 

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Researchers believe they have discovered possible burial sites dug by a smaller-brained human ancestor over 100,000 years before the oldest known human burials, a claim that "would revise the story of our evolution," The Washington Post reported.  

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In an era of constantly emerging technologies, some offices seem to be stuck in the past, with devices like fax machines and landline telephones often ubiquitous in a sea of cubicles. When the rest of the world seems to have moved on, why do some offices insist on using antiquated technology? 

Scientists have observed something called "time reflections" in electromagnetic waves, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Physics. It's an exciting discovery that has been theorized for decades. What is a time reflection and why are scientists interested?

OPEC+ energy ministers met in Vienna over the weekend, and most of the gathered nations agreed Sunday to maintain previously agreed-upon reduced oil output through the end of 2024. The United Arab Emirates won permission to boost oil production. But Saudi Arabia, OPEC's most important member, announced it will unilaterally cut production by 10%, or 1 million barrels a day, starting in July.

For something so vital to life in the United States, the world of health insurance is unnecessarily confusing. So if you're feeling lost after suddenly losing your job-provided coverage, don't worry — we've outlined a few options to get you out of uninsured limbo and back to the doctor's office faster than you can say "deductible."

No great horror franchise stays dead forever. And there has never been a better time to be a horror fan; the genre has been killing it at the box office in 2023. Two of the year's biggest films are "Scream VI" and "Evil Dead Rise," both installments in beloved horror franchises that were revived after a long absence. Before that, iconic characters like Candyman, Pinhead and Michael Myers have all made returns over the past five years. 

Officials in northern Afghanistan said they believe that over the weekend, 89 girls and staff members at two elementary schools were poisoned.

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging espionage cases in American history, died Monday, officials said. He was 79.