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1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and Kansas

1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and Kansas

DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S.
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Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world

Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world

NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Guimaraes Vasquez fought for years to protect his homeland in the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade, even laboring under death threats from drug traffickers.
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Czechs sign a deal with South Korea to build nuclear reactors after a court clears the way

Czechs sign a deal with South Korea to build nuclear reactors after a court clears the way

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's government signed a deal on Wednesday with the state-run South Korean KHNP power utility to build two nuclear reactors in the country.
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Greek court jails 4 officials over botched evacuation during deadly wildfire near Athens

Greek court jails 4 officials over botched evacuation during deadly wildfire near Athens

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Four former senior fire service and civil protection officials were jailed in Greece Wednesday after being found guilty for failing to mount a proper evacuation in a wildfire that killed more than 100 people outside Athens in 20
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What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

MILAN (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show , spewing smoke and high into the sky.
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Canadian wildfire smoke causes 'very unhealthy' conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe

Canadian wildfire smoke causes 'very unhealthy' conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” Tuesday.
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Cuban families devise ingenious solutions to endure frequent power shortages

Cuban families devise ingenious solutions to endure frequent power shortages

HAVANA (AP) — For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when — forcing them to implement ingenious alternatives to sustain daily life as the island undergoes its most seve
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New Mexico appeals court rejects lawsuit against oil and gas regulators

New Mexico appeals court rejects lawsuit against oil and gas regulators

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico appeals court rejected a lawsuit alleging that the nation's No. 2 oil-producing state failed to meet constitutional provisions for protecting against oil and gas industry pollution , in an opinion Tuesday.
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Environmentalists criticize Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska

Environmentalists criticize Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Top Trump administration officials — fresh off touring one of the country's largest oil fields in the Alaska Arctic — headlined an energy conference led by the state's Republican governor on Tuesday that environmentalists cri
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Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru announced Tuesday that miners who had been operating illegally in a large protected archaeological reserve around the famous Nazca Lines will now be able to start the process of obtaining mining permits, after the governm
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