<p>A Democratic drive to make the right to&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;the law of the land failed in the US&nbsp;Senate&nbsp;on Wednesday after&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;refused to allow a&nbsp;vote&nbsp;on the deeply polarizing issue that threatens to upend the upcoming midterm&nbsp;election&nbsp;campaign.</p>

<p>The House-passed Women's Health Protection Act would have created a federal statute assuring health care providers have the right to provide abortions and patients have the right to receive them.</p>

<p>The effort came amid a political firestorm ignited by a leaked draft opinion that showed the Supreme Court's conservative majority preparing to overturn&nbsp;Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling guaranteeing&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;access nationwide.</p>

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<p>But it was always a doomed and largely symbolic push, as Democrats already knew they would not be able to secure the 60 votes needed to advance towards a final yes or no&nbsp;vote&nbsp;in the evenly divided 100-member&nbsp;Senate.</p>

<p>In the end, all 50&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;and one of the 50 Democrats, West Virginia centrist Joe Manchin, rejected considering the legislation. Manchin's&nbsp;vote&nbsp;was no surprise as he had telegraphed his "no" hours earlier.</p>

<p>President Joe Biden vowed never to "stop fighting to protect access to women's reproductive care" and urged voters to elect more pro-choice senators.</p>

<p>"Republicans&nbsp;in Congress -- not one of whom voted for this bill -- have chosen to stand in the way of Americans'&nbsp;rights&nbsp;to make the most personal decisions about their own bodies, families and lives," he said in a statement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Although the outcome was never in doubt, the rejection is seen as significant, with&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;rights&nbsp;set to be a hot button issue for November's midterm&nbsp;elections, when control of both the House and&nbsp;Senate&nbsp;will be at stake.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Senate may vote on abortion rights law</strong></p>

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<p>A raucous crowd of lawmakers from the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, which passed the legislation last September, gathered on the&nbsp;Senate&nbsp;side of the building chanting "my body, my decision" ahead of the&nbsp;vote.</p>

<p>They had been encouraged by new Politico/Morning Consult polling showing 53 percent of voters thought Roe should not be overturned, up three percentage points since last week,&nbsp;while 58 percent said it was important to&nbsp;vote&nbsp;for a candidate who supports&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;access.</p>

<p>"Generally, the people who&nbsp;vote&nbsp;and turn out based on&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;policy are those who support more restrictions on&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;rights," said Shana Gadarian, professor of political science at Syracuse University.</p>

<p>"By striking down Roe, this is likely to create a new constituency of pro-choice voters who are activated to turn out and donate in ways that they would not normally in a midterm&nbsp;election."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Senate&nbsp;Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested over the weekend that a federal&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;ban is "possible" if Roe is overturned, although he has since acknowledged that no position on the issue has ever achieved the 60-vote&nbsp;threshold.</p>

<p>But Democrats seized on the initial remark, arguing that highlighting their disagreement with&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;could help them in the midterms.</p>

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<p>"If we are not successful, then we go to the ballot box," Senator Amy Klobuchar told ABC on Sunday.</p>

<p>"We march straight to the ballot box, and the women of this country and the men who stand with them will&nbsp;vote&nbsp;like they've never voted before."</p>

<p>Activism around the issue is becoming increasingly acrimonious, with angry protesters in favor of&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;rights&nbsp;gathering at the homes of Supreme Court justices in Washington over the past week.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Multiple organizations that support&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;rights&nbsp;have called for a "massive day of action" on Saturday, with marches in New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as hundreds of smaller events nationwide.</p>

<p>Police in the nation's capital, still on edge after Congress was attacked by a mob of former president Donald Trump's supporters in 2021, have set up temporary fencing around the court.</p>

<p>The leaked opinion is also spawning renewed calls by progressives to add justices to the court, fueled by the possibility the conservative-majority bench could overturn other landmark decisions.&nbsp;</p>

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A Democratic drive to make the right to abortion the law of the land failed in the US Senate on Wednesday after Republicans refused to allow a vote on the deeply polarizing issue that threatens to upend the upcoming midterm election campaign.

A Democratic drive to make the right to abortion the law of the land failed in the US Senate on Wednesday after Republicans refused to allow a vote on the deeply polarizing issue that threatens to upend the upcoming midterm election campaign. The House-passed Women's Health Protection Act would have created a federal statute assuring health care providers have the right to provide abortions and patients have the right to receive them. The effort came amid a political firestorm ignited by a leaked draft opinion that showed the Supreme Court's conservative majority preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling guaranteeing abortion access nationwide. Also read | US activists fear rolling back abortion rights can act as threat to gay marriage But it was always a doomed and largely symbolic push, as Democrats already knew they would not be able to secure the 60 votes needed to advance towards a final yes or no vote in the evenly divided 100-member Senate. In the end, all 50 Republicans and one of the 50 Democrats, West Virginia centrist Joe Manchin, rejected considering the legislation. Manchin's vote was no surprise as he had telegraphed his "no" hours earlier. President Joe Biden vowed never to "stop fighting to protect access to women's reproductive care" and urged voters to elect more pro-choice senators. "Republicans in Congress -- not one of whom voted for this bill -- have chosen to stand in the way of Americans' rights to make the most personal decisions about their own bodies, families and lives," he said in a statement. Although the outcome was never in doubt, the rejection is seen as significant, with abortion rights set to be a hot button issue for November's midterm elections, when control of both the House and Senate will be at stake. Watch | US Senate may vote on abortion rights law A raucous crowd of lawmakers from the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, which passed the legislation last September, gathered on the Senate side of the building chanting "my body, my decision" ahead of the vote. They had been encouraged by new Politico/Morning Consult polling showing 53 percent of voters thought Roe should not be overturned, up three percentage points since last week, while 58 percent said it was important to vote for a candidate who supports abortion access. "Generally, the people who vote and turn out based on abortion policy are those who support more restrictions on abortion rights," said Shana Gadarian, professor of political science at Syracuse University. "By striking down Roe, this is likely to create a new constituency of pro-choice voters who are activated to turn out and donate in ways that they would not normally in a midterm election." Day of action Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested over the weekend that a federal abortion ban is "possible" if Roe is overturned, although he has since acknowledged that no position on the issue has ever achieved the 60-vote threshold. But Democrats seized on the initial remark, arguing that highlighting their disagreement with Republicans could help them in the midterms. Also read | If Roe vs Wade is overturned, abortion pills may become the new debate "If we are not successful, then we go to the ballot box," Senator Amy Klobuchar told ABC on Sunday. "We march straight to the ballot box, and the women of this country and the men who stand with them will vote like they've never voted before." Activism around the issue is becoming increasingly acrimonious, with angry protesters in favor of abortion rights gathering at the homes of Supreme Court justices in Washington over the past week. Multiple organizations that support abortion rights have called for a "massive day of action" on Saturday, with marches in New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as hundreds of smaller events nationwide. Police in the nation's capital, still on edge after Congress was attacked by a mob of former president Donald Trump's supporters in 2021, have set up temporary fencing around the court. The leaked opinion is also spawning renewed calls by progressives to add justices to the court, fueled by the possibility the conservative-majority bench could overturn other landmark decisions. WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

US Republicans block contentious Senate abortion rights vote

Now an important reservoir and a famous tourist spot lake Mead's water levels have reached an all-time low due to climate change. This has triggered fears of low water supply among dependent states.

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As instances of wildfires continue to rise across the United States, an enormous blaze ravished through a wealthy enclave in Southern California. The fire fueled by an exceeding dry brush painted the California sky orange with its raging flames.

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<p>A tentative settlement of around USD 1 billion has been reached in the Florida’s condo collapse case in the US, media reports said citing an attorney on Wednesday. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The lawsuit has been brought by the families of victims and the survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida. &nbsp;</p>

<p>During a hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman, the USD 997 million settlement was announced by attorney Harley S Tropin. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>The settlement, which is still pending final approval, involves insurance companies, developers of an adjacent building and others. &nbsp;</p>

<p>In last June, the collapse had occurred. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the case, an USD 83 million settlement was also approved by the judge earlier. It was done to compensate people, who suffered losses of personal property. &nbsp;</p>

<p>On June 24 morning, the 12-storey Champlain Towers South condominium had come down abruptly. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch | Gravitas: How Texas became America's earthquake capital</strong></p>

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<p>The collapse had instantly destroyed dozens of individual condo units. Under the rubble, several victims were also buried. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Weeks were spent in digging out survivors or bodies carefully. In the incident, a total of 98 people were killed. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>After the collapse, several lawsuits from victims, families and condo owners were launched along with state and federal probes. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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A tentative settlement of around USD 1 billion has been reached in the Florida’s condo collapse case in the US, media reports said citing an attorney on Wednesday.

A tentative settlement of around USD 1 billion has been reached in the Florida’s condo collapse case in the US, media reports said citing an attorney on Wednesday. The lawsuit has been brought by the families of victims and the survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida. During a hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman, the USD 997 million settlement was announced by attorney Harley S Tropin. Also Read: Biden is 'incapacitated', says senior Republican senator The settlement, which is still pending final approval, involves insurance companies, developers of an adjacent building and others. In last June, the collapse had occurred. In the case, an USD 83 million settlement was also approved by the judge earlier. It was done to compensate people, who suffered losses of personal property. On June 24 morning, the 12-storey Champlain Towers South condominium had come down abruptly. Watch | Gravitas: How Texas became America's earthquake capital × The collapse had instantly destroyed dozens of individual condo units. Under the rubble, several victims were also buried. Weeks were spent in digging out survivors or bodies carefully. In the incident, a total of 98 people were killed. After the collapse, several lawsuits from victims, families and condo owners were launched along with state and federal probes. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

In US condominium collapse lawsuit, nearly $1 billion settlement reached

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An Alabama murder suspect Casey White was captured and the jail boss Vicky White, who helped him escape fatally shot herself on Monday after a 10-day manhunt that ended with a car chase.

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The US Senate will vote on a national abortion rights bill in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

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<p>In a car mishap after police pursuit, a corrections officer, who had helped Alabama inmate Casey White escape, has been killed in Indiana on Monday, the officials said. &nbsp;</p>

<p>After the chase ended in an accident at Evansville, Indiana, 56-year-old Vicky White, who had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was taken to Evansville Deaconess Midtown Hospital, the media reports said. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Vicky, who was an assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, died at 7 pm in the hospital, Vanderburgh County Coroner Steven Lockyear told WHNT. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The autopsy may be completed by Tuesday. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The vehicle was driven by 38-year-old Casey White, who surrendered to the authorities at the scene. He was taken into custody. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Vicky White and Casey White, who did not seem to have been related, were intercepted after a 10-day nationwide manhunt. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>For a fabricated court appearance, Vicky White allegedly took Casey White out of jail on April 29. And she never returned. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;America's worsening gun culture, alarming trend across United States</strong></p>

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<p>Casey was serving a 75-year sentence and going to go for a separate trial for murder charges, which was scheduled for next month.</p>

<p>A sighting of a black Ford F-150 was reported at a car wash in Evansville on Sunday night, reported AL.com. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Later, the duo was tracked to a hotel. Police chase had started when they fled the scene. &nbsp;</p>

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In a car mishap after police pursuit, a corrections officer, who had helped Alabama inmate Casey White escape, has been killed in Indiana on Monday, the officials said.

In a car mishap after police pursuit, a corrections officer, who had helped Alabama inmate Casey White escape, has been killed in Indiana on Monday, the officials said. After the chase ended in an accident at Evansville, Indiana, 56-year-old Vicky White, who had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was taken to Evansville Deaconess Midtown Hospital, the media reports said. Vicky, who was an assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, died at 7 pm in the hospital, Vanderburgh County Coroner Steven Lockyear told WHNT. Also Read: More guns are being stolen out of cars in the United States, study finds The autopsy may be completed by Tuesday. The vehicle was driven by 38-year-old Casey White, who surrendered to the authorities at the scene. He was taken into custody. Vicky White and Casey White, who did not seem to have been related, were intercepted after a 10-day nationwide manhunt. For a fabricated court appearance, Vicky White allegedly took Casey White out of jail on April 29. And she never returned. Watch: America's worsening gun culture, alarming trend across United States × Casey was serving a 75-year sentence and going to go for a separate trial for murder charges, which was scheduled for next month. A sighting of a black Ford F-150 was reported at a car wash in Evansville on Sunday night, reported AL.com. Later, the duo was tracked to a hotel. Police chase had started when they fled the scene. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

After police pursuit, US corrections officer dies as prisoner who escaped with her surrenders

<p>The United States will take steps to&nbsp;increase&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;on Afghanistan's&nbsp;Taliban&nbsp;government to&nbsp;reverse&nbsp;some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of&nbsp;women&nbsp;and&nbsp;girls&nbsp;if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own.</p>

<p>"We've addressed it directly with the&nbsp;Taliban," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a briefing on Monday. "We have a number of tools that, if we feel these won't be&nbsp;reversed, these won't be undone, that we are prepared to move forward with."</p>

<p>He did&nbsp;not&nbsp;elaborate on the possible steps or indicate how the group, which has already implemented policies curbing 20 years of gains for&nbsp;girls' and&nbsp;women's rights, might have a change of heart.</p>

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<p>The&nbsp;Taliban&nbsp;on Saturday ordered&nbsp;women&nbsp;to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.</p>

<p>The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, the group said, referring to the garment that was obligatory for women in public during the&nbsp;Taliban's previous 1996-2001 rule.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;South Asia Diary: Taliban deny driving license to women</strong></p>

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<p>The international community has made the education of&nbsp;girls&nbsp;a key demand for any future recognition of the&nbsp;Taliban&nbsp;administration, which took over the country in August as foreign forces withdrew.</p>

<p>Despite that, the&nbsp;Taliban&nbsp;has restricted&nbsp;girls&nbsp;and&nbsp;women&nbsp;from working and limited their travel unless accompanied by a close male relative. Most&nbsp;girls&nbsp;were also barred from going to school beyond seventh grade.</p>

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<p>"We've consulted closely with our allies and partners," Price said. "There are steps that we will continue to take to&nbsp;increase&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;on the&nbsp;Taliban&nbsp;to&nbsp;reverse&nbsp;some of these&nbsp;decisions, to make good on the promises that they have made."</p>

<p>A key piece of leverage held by Washington over the group is the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on&nbsp;US&nbsp;soil - half of which the Biden administration is seeking to free up to help the Afghan people, the administration has said.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/afghan-women-angry-as-taliban-makes-face-covering-mandatory-477656">Afghan women angry as Taliban makes face covering mandatory</a></strong></p>

<p>The United States and other countries have already cut development aid and sanctioned the banking system since the group took over, pushing Afghanistan toward economic ruin.</p>

<p>US&nbsp;Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West expressed "deep concern" over the Saturday decision in a series of tweets, while the&nbsp;US&nbsp;Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said it was an "unconscionable" move.</p>

<p>Most&nbsp;women&nbsp;in Afghanistan wear a headscarf for religious reasons but many in urban areas such as Kabul do&nbsp;not&nbsp;cover their faces.</p>


The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan's Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own.

The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan's Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own. "We've addressed it directly with the Taliban," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a briefing on Monday. "We have a number of tools that, if we feel these won't be reversed, these won't be undone, that we are prepared to move forward with." He did not elaborate on the possible steps or indicate how the group, which has already implemented policies curbing 20 years of gains for girls' and women's rights, might have a change of heart. Also read | Taliban want to erase women from public life in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai The Taliban on Saturday ordered women to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad. The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, the group said, referring to the garment that was obligatory for women in public during the Taliban's previous 1996-2001 rule. Watch | South Asia Diary: Taliban deny driving license to women The international community has made the education of girls a key demand for any future recognition of the Taliban administration, which took over the country in August as foreign forces withdrew. Despite that, the Taliban has restricted girls and women from working and limited their travel unless accompanied by a close male relative. Most girls were also barred from going to school beyond seventh grade. WATCH WION LIVE HERE: "We've consulted closely with our allies and partners," Price said. "There are steps that we will continue to take to increase pressure on the Taliban to reverse some of these decisions, to make good on the promises that they have made." A key piece of leverage held by Washington over the group is the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on US soil - half of which the Biden administration is seeking to free up to help the Afghan people, the administration has said. Also read | Afghan women angry as Taliban makes face covering mandatory The United States and other countries have already cut development aid and sanctioned the banking system since the group took over, pushing Afghanistan toward economic ruin. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West expressed "deep concern" over the Saturday decision in a series of tweets, while the US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said it was an "unconscionable" move. Most women in Afghanistan wear a headscarf for religious reasons but many in urban areas such as Kabul do not cover their faces.

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<p>The subjects of gun ownership and gun violence have always been quite polarising in the United States and a new set of data shows quite an alarming problem when it comes to stolen guns.</p>

<p>A new data analysis, conducted by the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, stated that more guns are being stoles from vehicles in the United States. This has given rise to the number of illegal firearms around the country and as shootings rise, this makes it difficult to trace the weapons.</p>

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<p>According to the data, 180 cities around the country saw a rise in guns stolen from vehicles between 2019 and 2022. It also pointed out that vehicles are the major source of stolen guns at the moment.</p>

<p>In 2020 alone, around 77,000 guns were reported stolen in the 271 cities included in the study and almost half of them were taken from the vehicles of the gun owners. This is a relatively new trend in the US where burglaries were the main source of stolen guns for a very long stretch of time.</p>

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<p>The data showed that the trend is more or less consistent in a number of states in the country and according to police records, a number of these stolen guns have turned up at various crime scenes.</p>

<p>The study did not offer any specific reason behind this trend but according to NBC News, the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the rise of guns stolen from vehicles as most people were indoors and the cars were left unattended for a long time making it easier for the guns to be stolen.</p>

<p><b>WATCH:&nbsp;Report: One gun stolen&nbsp;from a car every 15 mins on an average in America</b></p>

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The subjects of gun ownership and gun violence have always been quite polarising in the United States and a new set of data shows quite an alarming problem when it comes to stolen guns.

The subjects of gun ownership and gun violence have always been quite polarising in the United States and a new set of data shows quite an alarming problem when it comes to stolen guns. A new data analysis, conducted by the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, stated that more guns are being stoles from vehicles in the United States. This has given rise to the number of illegal firearms around the country and as shootings rise, this makes it difficult to trace the weapons. Also read | Sri Lanka economic crisis: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as pressure mounts up According to the data, 180 cities around the country saw a rise in guns stolen from vehicles between 2019 and 2022. It also pointed out that vehicles are the major source of stolen guns at the moment. In 2020 alone, around 77,000 guns were reported stolen in the 271 cities included in the study and almost half of them were taken from the vehicles of the gun owners. This is a relatively new trend in the US where burglaries were the main source of stolen guns for a very long stretch of time. Also read | UK must protect 'kidfluencers' from exploitation through labour laws - Report The data showed that the trend is more or less consistent in a number of states in the country and according to police records, a number of these stolen guns have turned up at various crime scenes. The study did not offer any specific reason behind this trend but according to NBC News, the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the rise of guns stolen from vehicles as most people were indoors and the cars were left unattended for a long time making it easier for the guns to be stolen. WATCH: Report: One gun stolen from a car every 15 mins on an average in America

More guns are being stolen out of cars in the United States, study finds

According to a new research published by Everytown for Gun Safety, on an average at least one gun is stolen from a car every 15 minutes in America.

Report: One gun stoles from a car every 15 mins on an average in America

<p>A great white shark, which is around 453 kilograms (1,000-pound) in size, has been spotted recently in the US. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The migrating shark, which has been nicknamed by researchers as 'Ironbound', was found off the coast of New Jersey on April 28. It was given this name as the shark was caught for the first time near West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia. After being caught, it was also&nbsp;tagged in 2019.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The 12.4-foot-long (3.7 meters) marine animal seems to have been looking for rich fishing grounds. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>"Mating season is over, we think, and Ironbound is on his way north to get into some good feeding ground and bulk up again for the next year," Bob Hueter, chief scientist, Ocearch, told CNN. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The organisation, Ocearch, tracks great white sharks or Carcharodon carcharias by tagging them to understand their migrations. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>A SPOT tag is a harmless device, which is attached to the dorsal fin of the shark. It relays its location to a global positioning device (GPS) satellite and falls off after a few years.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Since it was first tagged, Ironbound seems to have traveled around 13,000 miles (20,921 kilometers). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to Ocearch data, it was located much farther out in the Atlantic Ocean on May 3. &nbsp;</p>

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A great white shark, which is around 453 kilograms (1,000-pound) in size, has been spotted recently in the US. The migrating shark, which has been nicknamed by researchers as 'Ironbound', was found off the coast of New Jersey on April 28.

A great white shark, which is around 453 kilograms (1,000-pound) in size, has been spotted recently in the US. The migrating shark, which has been nicknamed by researchers as 'Ironbound', was found off the coast of New Jersey on April 28. It was given this name as the shark was caught for the first time near West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia. After being caught, it was also tagged in 2019. The 12.4-foot-long (3.7 meters) marine animal seems to have been looking for rich fishing grounds. Also Read: Catch a glimpse! Rare deep-sea fish found in Monterey Bay, US by experts "Mating season is over, we think, and Ironbound is on his way north to get into some good feeding ground and bulk up again for the next year," Bob Hueter, chief scientist, Ocearch, told CNN. The organisation, Ocearch, tracks great white sharks or Carcharodon carcharias by tagging them to understand their migrations. Watch: Receding ice poses threat to Polar Bears, Norwegian Polar institute raises alarm × A SPOT tag is a harmless device, which is attached to the dorsal fin of the shark. It relays its location to a global positioning device (GPS) satellite and falls off after a few years. Since it was first tagged, Ironbound seems to have traveled around 13,000 miles (20,921 kilometers). According to Ocearch data, it was located much farther out in the Atlantic Ocean on May 3. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>A rare deep-sea fish, which has been named after a mythical creature, has been found by experts in the US, media reports said. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The fish, which is called highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi), was spotted during an expedition in Monterey Bay, California state of the US, recently by marine biologists. &nbsp;</p>

<p>It is a special discovery as this species is the rarest of all dragonfish. It has been spotted only a few times by scientists till now. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>This highfin dragonfish has been found at a depth of 980 feet (300 meters) in Monterey Bay, a report by Live Science said. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>"They are just amazing animals, and part of what is appealing is that color pattern," Bruce Robison, senior scientist with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) told Live Science. He is also the research lead for the team, which made the discovery. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The researchers with the MBARI have been scouring the depths of the bay for three decades with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>This fish was discovered by Robison and a team of researchers during a week-long expedition on the research vehicle (RV) Western Flyer. &nbsp;</p>

<p>During a short time at sea, the team also conducted several experiments and observations. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>This fish uses a unique type of camouflage and hunts like an ambush predator. It’s prey gets lured by the dragonfish with the help of a bioluminescent filament extending from its chin. "It uses that to attract prey that see the spot of glowing light and get drawn to it because they think it's something small enough that they can eat," Robison added. When the prey approaches close, the dragonfish's wide jaws attack it. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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A rare deep-sea fish, which has been named after a mythical creature, has been found by experts in the US, media reports said. The fish, which is called highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi), was spotted during an expedition in Monterey Bay, California state of the US, recently by marine biologists.

A rare deep-sea fish, which has been named after a mythical creature, has been found by experts in the US, media reports said. The fish, which is called highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi), was spotted during an expedition in Monterey Bay, California state of the US, recently by marine biologists. It is a special discovery as this species is the rarest of all dragonfish. It has been spotted only a few times by scientists till now. Also Read | Revisiting prehistoric era: Fossils of 3 ichthyosaurs including giant tooth found in Swiss Alps, says study This highfin dragonfish has been found at a depth of 980 feet (300 meters) in Monterey Bay, a report by Live Science said. A remarkable sighting in the deep sea! Dragonfish lurk in the dark depths. 🐉🐟🖤 #FreshFromTheDeep pic.twitter.com/2uODqB5vwS — MBARI (@MBARI_News) May 3, 2022 × "They are just amazing animals, and part of what is appealing is that color pattern," Bruce Robison, senior scientist with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) told Live Science. He is also the research lead for the team, which made the discovery. The researchers with the MBARI have been scouring the depths of the bay for three decades with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Watch | Decoding UFOs: What do we know about ‘flying saucers’? This fish was discovered by Robison and a team of researchers during a week-long expedition on the research vehicle (RV) Western Flyer. During a short time at sea, the team also conducted several experiments and observations. This fish uses a unique type of camouflage and hunts like an ambush predator. It’s prey gets lured by the dragonfish with the help of a bioluminescent filament extending from its chin. "It uses that to attract prey that see the spot of glowing light and get drawn to it because they think it's something small enough that they can eat," Robison added. When the prey approaches close, the dragonfish's wide jaws attack it. WATCH WION LIVE HERE (With inputs from agencies)

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