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Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
Post and Courier. September 16, 2023. Editorial: Don’t be fooled by updated snake oil, even if our legislators are A reporter for S.C. Public Radio summed up the public display that occurred at the Statehouse on Tuesday with this social media post: “Turned on the...
Indigenous tribes urge federal officials to deny loan request for Superior natural gas plant
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have asked federal officials to deny a utility's request for a loan to help build a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior, calling the project unthinkable in the face of climate change. ...
Delta Air Lines employees work up a sweat at boot camp, learning how to de-ice planes
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Delta Air Lines has learned that summer is a good time to prepare for winter — and how to de-ice planes so they can keep flying safely in freezing temperatures. Every summer, Delta brings about 400 workers to Minneapolis to a three-day summer de-ice "boot...
US Forest Service rejects expansion plans of premier Midwest ski area Lutsen Mountains
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it has rejected the expansion plans of Lutsen Mountains, one of the premier skiing destinations in the Midwest. Lutsen Mountains was hoping to expand onto 495 acres (193 hectares) of public land in the Superior National Forest...
Man dies while trying to rescue mother and child from New Hampshire river
ALBANY, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts man died over the weekend while rescuing relatives from a New Hampshire river in the second such death in the state less than a week, officials said. A mother and a child became stuck around midday Sunday in a fast stretch of the Swift River in...
They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The smoke was starting to blot out the sun. Winds were howling, and heat bore down as flames licked the trees on the horizon. The power had been out all day, so Mike Cicchino thought he’d drive to the hardware store for a generator. He turned off his street, and in an...
Off Alaska coast, research crew peers down, down, down to map deep and remote ocean
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — For the team aboard the Okeanos Explorer off the coast of Alaska, exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor along the Aleutian Islands is a chance to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world's deepest and most remote waters. The National...
The bodies of 8 migrants have been found off Tunisia after their boats sank
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Eight bodies of migrants have been recovered over the past two days off the coast of the Tunisian port city of Sfax after their boats sank trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe, according to Sfax court's spokesperson. Faouzi Masmoudi, the...
Pulled out to sea by current, swimmer is rescued after treading water for 5 hours
NEW YORK (AP) — A swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New York's Long Island after treading water for five hours, police said. Dan Ho, 63, went swimming at a beach in Babylon at around 5 a.m. Monday and was pulled out by the current, Suffolk...
Indiana search teams recover body of missing man from Lake Michigan
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Search teams have recovered the body of an 18-year-old man who went missing Saturday in Lake Michigan off Indiana shore. Emergency responders were sent to Miller Beach in Gary on Saturday afternoon, and dive teams from multiple agencies joined in the search for a...
