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Judge denies landowners’ request to be removed from Belle Mina quarry lawsuit

A Limestone County judge denied two landowning companies’ request to be dismissed from a legal battle over a rock quarry.
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An Archer Shot This Bronze Age Human in the Back. 4,000 Years Later, the Arrow Is Still Embedded in the Victim’s Rib Bone

The attack took place during a period of conflict between groups living in the Pyrenees mountains in modern-day Spain ...

4,000-year-old victim was shot in the back—and survived with an arrow to the rib

This rib bone discovered in a cave in the Spanish Pyrenees tells a story of Bronze Age violence. But who fired the shot?