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Firefighters keep up battle to stamp out largest wildfire in Texas history
McALLEN, Texas — Planes dropped fire retardant over the Texas Panhandle on Sunday and a small community was ordered to…
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Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a…
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Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel ‘dangerous to impossible’
A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters…
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UN member states are meeting to plan how to tackle the world’s environmental crises
NAIROBI, Kenya — The world’s top decision-making body on the environment is meeting in Kenya’s capital on Monday to discuss…
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Warm weather brings a taste of spring to central and western United States
OMAHA, Neb. — A warm front swept springlike weather across a large swath of the country Sunday in what is…
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WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern California industrial waste dump site
LOS ANGELES — Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and…
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China’s BYD is rivaling Tesla in size. Can it also match its global reach?
BEIJING — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer.…
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5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Indonesia’s Aceh province. No casualties reported
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook part of Indonesia’s Aceh province Saturday, but there were…
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78-year-old who died weeks after fleeing Maui wildfire listed as a victim of blaze
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived…
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9 people have died in wild weather in Australian states, officials say
BRISBANE, Australia — Wild weather has left at least nine people dead in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and…
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