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Maine sues manufacturers over forever chemical contamination
PORLTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the public. Two lawsuits targeting DuPont, 3M and...
Police: Indiana remains are those of man missing since 2018
CHRISNEY, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found by hunters in far southern Indiana have been identified as those of a local man who was 40 when he vanished in 2018, state police said. Two hunters who were searching for deer antlers alerted authorities Saturday that they had discovered...
New Mexico tribe keeps title to portion of national preserve
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Native American tribe has been granted title to a portion of a national preserve in northern New Mexico following a yearslong court battle against the federal government, a ruling that could provide hope to other tribes seeking to regain rights to their traditional...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 20, 2023. Editorial: Davis’ clumsy handling of clemency firings raises questions, but Shapiro’s move to strengthen the process is encouraging Advocates for more humane, just and cost-effective ways to grant pardons and commutations...
State and US officials tout spending to plug 'orphan wells'
ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, La. (AP) — Stacks of valves, networks of pipes and hulking, two-story-tall tanks litter parts of the swampy landscape of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, rusting relics of sites where oil wells were drilled in the 1970s, an unwanted legacy of the energy...
Sheriff: Minnesota man kills sex offender using antler
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was charged Friday with fatally beating an elderly man previously convicted of child sexual assault, who he believed had stalked his young daughter in the past. Levi Axtell, 27, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of...
Judge releases man in 1990 slayings of 2 Michigan hunters
DETROIT (AP) — A man was released from a Michigan prison Friday after nearly 21 years, freed from a life sentence after state authorities acknowledged that an Ohio serial killer could have been the person who killed two deer hunters in 1990. “A state of shock,” Jeff Titus, 71,...
Severely injured bald eagle flying again in West Virginia
HINTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last October, a three-year-old bald eagle hunting for prey over an expanse of farmland near Greenville, in Monroe County, allegedly flew into a game farm’s tall wire fence, became entangled and struggled to free itself, breaking a wing in the process. Game...
Fields scores 21 in Fairfield's 70-61 victory over Marist
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Caleb Fields scored 21 points as Fairfield beat Marist 70-61 on Friday night. Fields added five rebounds for the Stags (12-14, 8-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). TJ Long scored 21 points, shooting 7 for 9 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from...
Kill order for New Mexico feral cows issued by US officials
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation's first...
