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New Mexico state senators back tuition-free college plan
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Revisions to New Mexico's budget plan released Tuesday would set aside money for the governor's tuition-free college initiative and dial back average teacher raises to 4% instead of 5% as originally proposed. The Senate's spending measure increases general fund spending by $536...
Brazil oil workers clash with Petrobras in 18-day strike
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian oil workers and oil giant Petrobras are locked in a power struggle over plans to shift focus away from non-core assets, with a federation of unions saying on Tuesday that thousands of employees are on strike indefinitely. Roughly one thousand people gathered outside the...
UN-backed government in Libya suspends talks after attack
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.-supported government in Libya said Tuesday it has suspended its participation in talks in Geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile cease-fire in the North African country following an attack on Tripoli's strategic port. The country’s warring sides had resumed their U.N.-brokered...
Amid tension, Greece, Turkey hold military-to-military talks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A delegation of Turkish military officials is due in Athens to resume confidence-building talks amid tension between the two NATO members over maritime oil-and-gas drilling rights. The talks are due to start in Athens later Monday and last several days, taking place as the East...
Cannabis oil lab explodes in apartment, authorities say
ORCUTT, Calif. (AP) — One person suffered serious injuries after a lab extracting cannabis oil that was inside an apartment blew up Saturday, authorities said. At 1:37 p.m., the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department was alerted to the explosion at the apartment in the 3300-block of Orcutt Road. A...
Agency: North Dakota oil production drops 3% in December
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators say oil production in December was down about 3% from November. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.47 million barrels of oil daily in December. That's down from 1.51 million barrels from the prior month. North Dakota...
Oregon landfill took 2M pounds of radioactive fracking waste
ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) — A chemical waste landfill near the Columbia River in Oregon accepted hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from North Dakota in violation of Oregon regulations that has alarmed environmental advocates. But the company won't be fined because state officials believe landfill...
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects
PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press....
New Mexico bid for recreational marijuana is all but doomed
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's bid to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize recreational use of marijuana abruptly fell flat after state senators in a legislature dominated by Democrats rejected a bill that would have forced permission for sales in all of the state's cities and towns. In a late-night...
South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects
PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press. The reports also describe alarming birth...
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