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Sparkling Waters Hide Some Lasting Harm From 2010 Oil Spill
Ten years after the nation’s biggest offshore oil spill fouled its waters, the Gulf of Mexico sparkles in the sunlight and its fish are safe to eat
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10 Years After BP Spill: Oil Drilled Deeper; Rules Relaxed
Ten years ago, an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico
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MGM Resorts Settles Vegas Shooting Lawsuits for Up to $800M
Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas Strip hotel, MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced Thursday. The out-of-court agreement will resolve lawsuits in at least 10 states seeking compensation...
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NOAA: 279 Dolphins Dead on Gulf Coast, Triple Usual Number
At least 279 dolphins have stranded across much of the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number, and about 98 percent of them have died, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
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CHP Says Driver Did The Right Thing by Refusing to Pull Over for Unmarked BP Agent
A Campo woman said she was scared for her life when an unmarked vehicle with flashing lights and sirens blaring attempted to pull her over along Interstate 8 in Pine Valley.
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Bethenny Frankel Shares Near-Fatal Allergic Reaction Experience: ‘I Couldn't Talk, See'
Bethenny Frankel is grateful to be alive after almost “dying” from an allergic reaction. The reality star detailed the life-threatening incident on Twitter on Monday. According to Bethenny’s tweet, she has a “rare fish allergy” and accidentally had soup with fish in it on Sunday. Immediately after ingesting the soup she began to feel itchy and went “unconscious for 15...
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3 Dead, 8 Injured After Truck Chased by Border Patrol Crashes in Boulevard
Three people were killed and eight others were injured when a truck with passengers riding in the truckbed crashed while fleeing from San Diego border patrol agents.
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Former Toys R Us Workers to Get $20 Million in Hardship Fund
Two private equity owners of the iconic Toys R Us toy chain will be handing over a $20 million hardship fund to the thousands of former workers left jobless and without severance after the chain liquidated in June.
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Red Sox Sluggers Happy to Snooze at Fenway Park
Think the Red Sox are asleep at the ballpark? You may be right. Catching some Zzzzs during downtime could help Boston be more alert during the first coast-to-coast World Series in 20 years. A sleep room was opened last year at Fenway Park, adjacent to the gym next to the home clubhouse. Two bunk beds contain four queen-sized mattresses.
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Florida Woman Watches From Inside Her Home as Hurricane Hits
Video posted by Letisia Maloney shows what she saw as she rode out Hurricane Michael in her home in Panama City, Florida.
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Florida Store Owner: Don't Warm Urine in My Microwave
A Florida gas station owner has placed a sign in his store asking customers not to warm urine in the microwave.
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Bryce Harper Wins Home Run Derby at Nationals Park
The ball cleared the center field wall, and the sellout crowd roared. Bryce Harper threw his bat in the air, thrust both index fingers skyward and yelled with delight as a shower of streamers rained upon the crowd of 43,698.
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Climate Change Lawsuits Against Big Oil Are Thrown Out
A U.S. judge who held a hearing about climate change that received widespread attention ruled Monday that Congress and the president were best suited to address the contribution of fossil fuels to global warming, throwing out lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the Earth’s changing environment. Noting that the world has also benefited significantly from oil...
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Pump Attendant Steals $300K From New Jersey Gas Station: Prosecutors
An overnight employee at a New Jersey gas station was arrested Wednesday following accusations that he stole more than $300,000 from his job over the span of almost three years, prosecutors announced.
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Anchorage Voters First in the Nation to Reject Bathroom Bill
Voters in Alaska’s largest city are on track to becoming the first in the U.S. to defeat a so-called bathroom bill in a referendum that asked them to require people using public bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender at birth. The initiative asked Anchorage’s voters to repeal an ordinance passed in 2015 that prevented discrimination based on sexual...
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Judge Holds Climate Change Class in Suits Against Big Oil
A federal judge presiding over lawsuits that accuse big oil companies of lying about global warming to protect their profits is turning his courtroom into a classroom in what could be the first hearing to study the science of climate change. U.S. District Judge William Alsup has asked lawyers for two California cities and five of the world’s largest oil...
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Patriots Headed to Super Bowl After Beating Jaguars
They trailed for most of the game, but the Patriots will be going to Minnesota for Super Bowl LII after coming from behind to beat the Jaguars.
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Police Investigate If Newspaper Boy's Fatal Shooting Was Case of Mistaken Identity
The shooting death of a 15-year-old boy, who was killed while delivering newspapers with his stepfather Sunday morning on Chicago’s Southwest Side, may have been the result of a mistaken identity, police said Monday.
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60-Year-Old Gas Station Attendant Shot Multiple Times in Drive-by Shooting in New Jersey
A gas station attendant was smoking a cigarette early Sunday morning when he was shot multiple times in an apparent drive-by, according to witnesses.
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60-Year-Old Gas Station Attendant Shot in NJ Drive-by
A gas station attendant was smoking a cigarette early Sunday morning when he was shot multiple times in an apparent drive-by, according to witnesses. Wale Aliyu reports.