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Helicopters rescued patients in 'apocalyptic' flood. Other hospitals are at risk, too
ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter.
“So, I don’t want to be dramatic,” she wrote on Sept. 27, “but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the rooftop of Unicoi hospital.”
Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through ...Read more
Federal hostility could delay offshore wind projects, derailing state climate goals
Numerous East Coast states are counting on offshore wind projects to power tens of millions of homes and to help them transition to cleaner energy.
But putting wind turbines at sea requires the cooperation of a powerful landlord: the federal government. Soon, that government will be led by President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently ...Read more
Walking pneumonia, the 'great masquerader,' on the rise in Washington
SEATTLE — This holiday season, try not to give your loved ones something that will take their breath away. At least, not like this.
This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also warning about a particular type of pneumonia infection.
Infections caused by ...Read more
Colorado doesn't have enough teachers. Here's how Cherry Creek schools are trying to solve the problem
AURORA, Colo. — Seven children gathered around Amaya Mills as the soon-to-be teacher asked them what activity they wanted to do next. Did they want to read to themselves? Or read with one of their classmates?
One after another, the first-graders scattered across the classroom at Ponderosa Elementary School in Aurora, settling down with books,...Read more
Annie Kuster wants to lead by example. That's why she's retiring from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ann McLane Kuster wasn’t going to become one of those lawmakers accused of lingering too long in the halls of Congress.
“I think people get into a comfortable pattern,” Kuster said this month, as she wrapped up 12 years representing New Hampshire’s 2nd District.
She led the New Democrat Coalition, a powerful center-...Read more
Migrant gave birth in US then was sent back to Mexico. Now she's suing
ATLANTA — A Honduran teenager was having contractions when she waded across the Rio Grande. She gave birth to her child — conceived during rape — at a Texas hospital, with border patrol agents waiting outside the delivery room.
Two days later, and before she had a chance to receive her baby’s U.S. birth certificate, she and her newborn ...Read more
Former President Bill Clinton, 78, hospitalized with fever
Bill Clinton is undergoing testing at Georgetown University Hospital where he was hospitalized Monday for a fever, according to the 42nd president’s deputy chief of staff.
“President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever,” longtime Clinton associate Angel...Read more
Two Florida men convicted of family murders have death sentences commuted by Biden
Two Florida men sentenced to death after gunning down a family of four in 2006 are among 37 people on federal death row to have their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden.
Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. were found guilty in 2009 for the execution-style killings of 28-year-old Jose Luis Escobedo, his 25-year-old wife Yessica, and ...Read more
South Korean opposition seeks to impeach Acting President Han
South Korea’s main opposition party said it will start impeachment proceedings against Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo.
Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, made the comments at a meeting that was broadcast live on Tuesday. The opposition party said Han has indicated at the cabinet meeting that ...Read more
Trump wants to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he wants to change the name of the highest mountain in North America from Denali back to Mount McKinley.
Alaska's two Republican U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, immediately pushed back, saying they support the Koyukon Athabascan place name for the mountain. Denali was long favored by ...Read more
Kansas lawmakers move to pull Haskell Indian Nations University from federal control
Sen. Jerry Moran said Monday that he will propose legislation to remove Haskell Indian Nations University from control by the Bureau of Indian Education, a sweeping move that comes as the university has been criticized for failing to protect its students.
The university in Lawrence is the only Tribal Nations University in the country and is the...Read more
Q&A: Why Finland is vaccinating farmers against bird flu -- but California isn't -- and more info about the spreading virus
Faced with the rapid spread of avian flu through California dairies, health officials are now doing weekly testing of every dairy farm in the state — expanding initial efforts amid new evidence that some infections are going undetected and there may be unknown paths of transmission.
But farmworkers are not being vaccinated, unlike workers at ...Read more
Panama president rallies support for canal after Trump threat
Panama President Jose Raul Mulino rallied support from former presidents in defense of the country’s canal following threats from Donald Trump to reimpose U.S. control over the waterway.
Mulino met with three Panamanian leaders on Monday, who all signed a statement asserting the country’s independence and autonomy over the canal.
“As ...Read more
Where squirrels collide: Are Minnesota's southern flying squirrels overtaking their northern cousins?
Forest researchers in north-central Minnesota are bringing the little-analyzed world of an elusive night creature into the light.
There is a dearth of state research about flying squirrels, a diminutive, rarely seen critter with outsized skills. Minnesota has two species of the little aerialists, a southern and a northern, and where they meet ...Read more
Biden's new California water rules spark broad backlash, as possible court battle looms
Last week, the Biden administration approved its overarching plan for how to run California’s systems of pumps, canals and reservoirs that serves millions of people and much of the state’s farmland.
The Bureau of Reclamation’s decision Friday ended a four-year effort to overturn the Trump administration’s previous 2019 rules for the ...Read more
Stein and Cooper go to court to challenge GOP shift of elections power to NC auditor
Incoming Gov. Josh Stein and Gov. Roy Cooper sought to expand a lawsuit on Monday to challenge a new wide-ranging law passed by the GOP-led legislature earlier this month that removes power from incoming Democratic officeholders.
Cooper and Stein had already filed a separate lawsuit earlier this month over the wide-ranging bill known as Senate ...Read more
Biden commutes federal death row sentences for 3 inmates from NC. Who are they?
President Joe Biden commuted the federal death sentences of 37 inmates Monday, including three North Carolina inmates sentenced for violent killings.
Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette, Richard Allen Jackson and Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umaña will all remain in prison for life without the possibility of parole after Biden commuted the sentences of ...Read more
Governor helps secure $250 million to help fix the Tijuana River sewage crisis
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the state had secured millions in additional funds to address the ongoing Tijuana River sewage crisis that has polluted the coast in San Diego County.
The governor said President Biden had signed a federal funding bill allocating $250 million to repair and expand an exiting wastewater treatment plant in ...Read more
USDA recalls 7,485 pounds of raw pork sausage products from Baltimore meat processor
Impero Foods & Meats, Inc., a Baltimore-based food processing company, is recalling 7,485 pounds of raw pork sausage products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement Friday that the pork sausage was produced by the company between Oct. 3 and Dec. 19.
FSIS said that the company’s pork was...Read more
How long do right whales live? Nearly twice as long as previously thought, study finds
Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research.
The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the southern hemisphere, have the gift of “extreme longevity,” according to a study published on Dec. 20 in the journal Science Advances and an ...Read more
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