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Water boil order issued for more than 2 million in Houston
HOUSTON — More than 2 million people in the Houston area were under a boil order notice Monday after a…
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West Texas earthquake causes damage hundreds of miles away
MENTONE, Texas — A strong earthquake that struck a remote area of the West Texas desert caused damage in San…
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Bear mauls 10-year-old in grandparents’ Connecticut backyard
MORRIS, Conn. — A 250-pound (113-kilogram) black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut and…
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Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years
RICHMOND, Vt. — Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in…
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Cheetahs make a comeback in India after 70 years
NEW DELHI — Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they’re back. Eight big cats from Namibia made the…
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Rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary
TOKYO — Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia Saturday after years of being confined for…
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Sick dolphin calf improves with tube-fed milk, helping hands
RAYONG, Thailand — The Irrawaddy dolphin calf — sick and too weak to swim — was drowning in a tidal…
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Polio detected in NYC’s sewage, suggesting virus circulating
NEW YORK — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease,…
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Hot, dry summer: Dutch government declares water shortage
As the Dutch capital baked in the heat, municipal workers sprayed water on bridges over the city’s canals to prevent…
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