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New to riding a sleeper train? Here’s the best way to book tickets

New to riding a sleeper train? Here’s the best way to book tickets

As more people reconsider how they travel on a warming planet, a small but growing contingent in Europe wants to switch from high-emission, short-haul planes to more climate-friendly sleeper trains .
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Norway and the Sami people end a dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm

Norway and the Sami people end a dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer.
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Antoine Predock, internationally renowned architect and motorcycle aficionado, dies at 87

Antoine Predock, internationally renowned architect and motorcycle aficionado, dies at 87

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a house fire

Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a house fire

FRITCH, Texas — A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a house fire, authorities said.
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The EPA hails the arrest of California man accused of smuggling illicit air coolants into the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hailing the arrest of a California man accused of smuggling illicit air coolants into the United States, saying the apprehension is the first of its kind and a sign of vigorous enforcement of initiatives
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Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day

Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City’s drought and water shortage is so bad that one of the capital’s rainwater catchment basins caught fire Tuesday, scorching 75 acres (30 hectares) of dried-up vegetation.
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The Spanish region of Catalonia offers women and girls free and reusable menstruation products

The Spanish region of Catalonia offers women and girls free and reusable menstruation products

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catalonia region rolled out a pioneering women’s health initiative this week that offers reusable menstruation products for free. About 2.
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Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat

Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S.
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Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City

Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban
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What is a whale native to the North Pacific doing off New England? Climate change could be the key

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists have confirmed the presence of a whale off New England that went extinct in the Atlantic Ocean two centuries ago — an exciting discovery, but one they said that illustrates the impact of climate change on sea life.
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