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Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffet’s railroad to court
[ad_1] LIBBY, Mont. — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere…
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Stretch of scenic California Highway 1 that collapsed is closed again amid storms
[ad_1] BIG SUR, Calif. — A new storm swept into California on Thursday and again forced the closure of scenic…
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Crews escorting cars around damaged section of California’s Highway 1 after lane collapsed in storm
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities urged motorists to avoid California’s Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of…
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Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy
[ad_1] The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the…
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Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of…
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Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training
[ad_1] ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with…
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Wild weather’s coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer
[ad_1] BOSTON — February’s end is bringing wild weather to much of the United States, with record heat allowing for…
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Warm weather brings a taste of spring to central and western United States
[ad_1] OMAHA, Neb. — A warm front swept springlike weather across a large swath of the country Sunday in what…
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Maui’s economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?
[ad_1] LAHAINA, Hawaii — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii’s historic…
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Woman killed by a falling Christmas tree in Belgium amid European storms
[ad_1] BERLIN — Pre-Christmas rail travelers in parts of Germany faced disruption on Friday as a storm swept across northern…
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