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Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

MISSION, Kan.
Flight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do

Flight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do

Thousands of travelers were stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a massive storm snarled travel in the U.S. and Canada ahead of the holidays. As of Friday afternoon, more than 4,800 flights into or out of U.S.
New mural painted in memory of LA's famed mountain lion

New mural painted in memory of LA's famed mountain lion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An artist has devoted a sweeping new street mural to the memory of one of Los Angeles' most famous residents.
Boil water notice as frigid weather affects wastewater plant in the Yukon

Boil water notice as frigid weather affects wastewater plant in the Yukon

CARMACKS, Yukon — Frigid weather that has played havoc with seasonal travel plans in many other parts of Canada is now causing problems in Yukon.
Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment

Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs' worth of heavy crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek said Friday that it has permission from U.S.
Biden’s signature advances major projects in water bill

Biden’s signature advances major projects in water bill

President Joe Biden signed a large defense bill on Friday that includes a water bill that directs the Army Corps of Engineers on major infrastructure projects to improve navigation and protect against storms worsened by climate change.

Canadian polar bears near 'bear capital' dying at fast rate

Polar bears in Canada's Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time.
Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while penalty slashed

Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while penalty slashed

A review panel is upholding a fine against the Trans Mountain pipeline for violations that resulted in disturbing bird nests.

Landfill fire near Birmingham burning for almost a month

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An underground fire has been raging at an environmental landfill near Birmingham for almost a month, covering Alabama's largest metro area with smoke.
Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan.
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