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Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

Rescue crews recover the body of a 10-year-old girl lost in Texas floods

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — The body of a 10-year-old girl who was swept away in rapidly rising floodwaters has been recovered, Brenham Fire Chief Mark Donovan said Tuesday.
Critics slam Ontario for proposal to create zones where projects are exempt from laws

Critics slam Ontario for proposal to create zones where projects are exempt from laws

TORONTO — Proposed Ontario legislation that would give cabinet power to create "special economic zones" and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws on certain projects is little more than a power grab, First Nations, civil liberty g

The bodies of a Belgian mother and her son were recovered in southern Jordan after flash flooding

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of a Belgian mother and her son on Monday in Jordan, police said a day after the woman and her three children were reported missing in flash flooding.
Federal authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in southeast Louisiana

Federal authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in southeast Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week.

Fishermen sue Mississippi over plan to lease oyster reefs

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group of more than 20 fishermen, led by Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United Inc., a nonprofit trade organization, are suing the state over its attempts to lease historically public oyster reefs in the Mississippi Sound.
States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy

States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump's attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C.

Black bear kills a man and dog near a south Florida nature preserve

JEROME, Fla. (AP) — Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog in south Florida.

Officials in Puerto Rico expand state of emergency after weeks of heavy rain

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ten towns and cities across Puerto Rico are under a state of emergency following two weeks of heavy rain, with two people killed.
Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.
Poachers have killed over 100 rhinos in South Africa this year. Most were in national parks

Poachers have killed over 100 rhinos in South Africa this year. Most were in national parks

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to protect one of the best-known endangered species.
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