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Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's future

Greenpeace says a pipeline company's lawsuit threatens the organization's future

MANDAN, N.D.
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Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including a weekend death in Colorado

Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including a weekend death in Colorado

WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western U.S. this season.
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California governor asks Congress for nearly $40 billion for Los Angeles wildfire relief

California governor asks Congress for nearly $40 billion for Los Angeles wildfire relief

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January's devastating wildfires , which he said could become the costliest natural disaster in U.
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Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster

Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
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Operation snowfall: A look at how Montreal is cleaning up after back-to-back storms

Operation snowfall: A look at how Montreal is cleaning up after back-to-back storms

MONTREAL — In Montreal's southwest, by the Lachine Canal, trucks come and go like clockwork, dumping loads of snow as blowers the size of tanks send it cascading in the air onto a 10-storey-high bank.
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Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area fires

Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area fires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ceiba Phillips, 11, couldn't believe what he saw when he returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after a wildfire reduced it to rubble. The ruins of his best friend’s house and his beloved school.
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LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential blaze and finger-pointing between the chief
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South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat

South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan closed all schools Thursday for two weeks due to an extreme heat wave that has caused some students to collapse.
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National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers

National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downs
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How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

SEATTLE (AP) — The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S.
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