Nation and World
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Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts
Jul 28, 2024 2:36 pm - FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts Sunday as thousands of firefighters batt...
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Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
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Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
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Firefighters get some help from cooler temperatures after California’s largest wildfire explodesJul 27, 2024 8:25 pm - FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, ...
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An exonerated man was ‘50 feet from freedom.’ Then a court stopped him.Jul 27, 2024 8:23 pm - Christopher Dunn was steps away from freedom. He was wearing civilian clothes picked out months before: a sage green button-down, a blazer, and a green and blue tie that ...
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In a show of growing ties, Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban watersJul 27, 2024 8:22 pm - HAVANA — Three Russian warships arrived in Cuban waters on Saturday, Moscow's second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russ...
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4 hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’Jul 27, 2024 8:21 pm - As global temperatures spiked to their highest levels in recorded history on Monday, ambulances were screaming through the streets of Tokyo, carrying scores of people who...
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Texas sues Biden administration over teenage access to birth controlJul 27, 2024 6:20 pm - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the Biden administration over a policy that allows adolescents to access birth control without their parents’ consent, argu...
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Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. But it's come at a cost for Blacks in the South
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Arsonists attack French high-speed rail system hours before opening ceremonies of the Paris OlympicsJul 26, 2024 11:03 pm - PARIS — Arsonists attacked France's high-speed rail network early Friday, setting fires that paralyzed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, includ...