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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

© Annegret Hilse/Reuters

A U.S. citizen used an open-source operating system, GrapheneOS, on his Google Pixel phone to “delete the digital contents,” before the device was seized, an indictment against the man said.
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When Vital Weather Data Is Needed, Muppets Take Flight

“For the most part, the aircraft have their own souls,” said a pilot of the meteorological research planes, which are known as Kermit, Miss Piggy and Gonzo.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

The cockpit of a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft, featuring a toy Kermit Muppet dangling inside the cockpit, as it flew through Tropical Storm Helene above the Gulf of Mexico in September 2024.
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Bison Attacks Tourist at Yellowstone National Park, Tossing Him Into the Air

A man was hospitalized after a visibly agitated bull bison flipped him about eight feet in the air near a campground road.

© Matthew Brown/Associated Press

A tourist taking photographs of bison in Yellowstone National Park in 2024.
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