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Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of…
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Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a structure blaze
A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the…
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California man is first in the US to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say
SAN DIEGO — A Southern California man was arrested Monday on suspicion of smuggling refrigerants into the U.S. from Mexico…
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More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California
TRUCKEE, Calif. — A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly moved through the Sierra Nevada by…
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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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