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Orion's maximum distance from Earth was achieved on flight day 13, when it was 268,563 miles away. That's farther than any other spacecraft built for people--but only mannequins were on board. (NASA/JSC)

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Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sheriff vehicle after attending federal court in Boston, on June 30, 2011. (Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

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A woman wearing a face mask and face shield get ready for her routine COVID-19 throat swab at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. China has announced new measures rolling back COVID-19 restrictions, including limiting lockdowns and testing requirements. (Andy Wong/AP)

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Andy Lang visits the gravesite of his sister Bertha Reed, Sunday November 20, 2022 in McIntosh, Alabama. Lang worked at the Olin Corp. chemical plant as a contract pipefitter, his sister retired after working as a lab analyst. Soon after she retired, Reed, who did not smoke cigarettes, was diagnosed with lung cancer. She died in 2017 at age 64. (Rich-Joseph Facun for ProPublica)

Factory workers across the U.S. say they were exposed to asbestos on the job

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Molecular biologist Emanuel Wyler examines wastewater samples for pathogens, including coronavirus, in a laboratory in Berlin, Germany. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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New England’s grid is expected to be reliable this winter, but a cold snap could cause issues

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Snowmaker Lincoln Faria moves a water hose to prevent it from getting buried in the snow at the Blue Hills Ski Area in Canton, where snowmaking on the slopes began early in the morning to allow for skiing over the weekend on Dec. 14, 2017. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Taylor Swift poses with her trophies at the 50th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles in November, just days after the botched ticket presale. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

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People attend a rally denouncing antisemitic violence on May 27, 2021 in Cedarhurst, New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO's "Girls" on Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and the hit film "Look Who's Talking," has died. She was 71. (Evan Agostini/Invision)

Kirstie Alley, star of 'Cheers and 'Look Who's Talking,' dies at 71

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COVID charts, map: Mass. case counts and vaccine tracking

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Pill Man, a skeleton made from Frank Huntley's oxycontin and methadone prescription bottles, is seen on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House Aug. 30, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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A staff member works with children at Centro VIDA Children's Center. (Courtesy of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment)

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Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden are the authors of "The Ransomware Hunting Team." (Ryuji Suzuki and Claudio Papapietro)

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Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C. (Karl B DeBlaker/AP)

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XiaoIce, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide, at the company's office in Beijing. XiaoIce was an inspiration for Microsoft's Tay, an AI chatbot modeled to be a typical teenage girl. (Courtesy AFP and Getty Images)

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James Vlahos, CEO of HereafterAI, holds a photograph of his parents, John and Martha Vlahos, outside his home on November 11, 2022 in El Cerrito, California. James created a chatbot or Dadbot as he calls it which allowed him to reconnect with his deceased father, the original motivation for starting HereafterAI. (Getty Images)

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Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Burr and his brother-in-law were being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential insider trading, a case that stems from their abrupt sales of financial holdings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent federal court filings. Burr has since been cleared of all charges. (Associated Press)

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