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Maui Fire Department to release after-action report on deadly Hawaii wildfires
HONOLULU — The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday detailing how the agency responded to a…
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Right whale found entangled off New England in devastating year for the species
PORTLAND, Maine — A North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope off New England, worsening an already…
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Heavy rain across Kauai prompts rescues from floodwater
HONOLULU — Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters during heavy rain, authorities…
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Dead whale on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A dead humpback whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island on Thursday…
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Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffet’s railroad to court
LIBBY, Mont. — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards…
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Thousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian city of Orsk
Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with…
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Stretch of scenic California Highway 1 that collapsed is closed again amid storms
BIG SUR, Calif. — A new storm swept into California on Thursday and again forced the closure of scenic Highway…
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Crews escorting cars around damaged section of California’s Highway 1 after lane collapsed in storm
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities urged motorists to avoid California’s Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of the…
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4 people die on Spain’s coastlines after falling into sea during high winds
MADRID — Four people have died after falling into the sea in three incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts,…
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Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy
The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N.…
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