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South Miami officials say there is one driving factor behind new legislation that requires new construction to have rooftop solar panel systems. Climate change. After President Trump announced he was pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord, Mayor Philip Stoddard was left wondering what he could do for his city, which is threatened by …
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Samuel Walgren quietly holds his breath as the P. A. Denny glides through the steady waters of the Ohio River, closer and closer to what, for some, could mean the end.Inch by inch, the atmosphere on the P. A. Denny changes as men in gray wool uniforms and belts prominently stamped “CS” begin to appear through the yellowing, early-fall forest. On the ship, …
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A dean at Yale University gets put on leave for racially-charged Yelp reviews. A University of Delaware professor won't be returning this fall because of a controversial post to social media. Increasingly, educators are coming under fire across the nation for online posts outside of the lecture hall which — to them — may have been intended for …
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Two California wildfires engulfed more than 13,000 acres Monday, destroying almost 50 properties and leaving many residents displaced. Boy Scout summer campers were trapped temporarily in Los Padres National Park as a massive fire raged through the mountain around them, park spokesman Andrew Madsen said. Campers, which included 65 kids and 15 counselors, were trapped …
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It’s just a plain white bag marked with the words “lunar sample return,” all in capital letters, a slight tear in the middle and a layer of grayish dust on the inside. All and all, unremarkable. But this unassuming relic, up for auction at Sotheby’s auction house in New York, has quite a tantalizing history, …
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Kevin Klosterman wants a new jacket, one with "Buckeye KiloWatt" on one side and a long list of winning years on the opposite sleeve. But before he can get it, Klosterman and C.G. Cantemir will have to do two things: get their electric-boat program up and running and break the world speed record for such …
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Maria Graham shuffled through videos on her Facebook page, eventually stopping on one from 2014. In it, 3-year-old Layla smiled, dashed around the living room and told her mother that she wanted to listen to one of her favorite songs. Graham closed the video and scrolled to another one made of her daughter a few …
