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Inspired by a mountain lion isolated from potential mates, the world’s largest wildlife bridge is being built in Los Angeles to allow animals to roam freely. There had been rumours for a few months in the Hollywood Hills that a 90lb (41kg) beast was skulking through one of Los Angeles’s most heavily trafficked parks at night. But […]
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Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will never happen again. Curtis Skene was asleep at 03:30 on 9 January 2018, when he heard the light rain turn into a downpour at his home in Montecito, California. A bright light drew the […]
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His alleged victims say he bribed New York Police Department officials, stole millions in diamonds, and persuaded Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Kim Kardashian to shill for a scam cryptocurrency. So why is Jona Rechnitz still free? It was like something out of a fairy tale—or the Los Angeles society pages. As a crowd of celebrities […]
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Though Central ND News promises to “fill the void in community news after years of decline in local reporting by legacy media” with “100% original reporting,” no staff are listed on the site and few stories have bylines. Last fall residents of Mandan, North Dakota woke up to an unfamiliar newspaper at their doorsteps. The […]
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Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor hen Neil Crittenden heard that an extreme winter storm was about to hit Oklahoma last winter, he did what officials advised him to do and kept his heat on and water running so […]
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Oil companies and the banks that finance them are making empty promises – and getting credit for them too JPMorgan Chase won glowing headlines last year when the global investment bank unveiled a commitment to counter the climate crisis. The press amplified JPMorgan’s message – sometimes in JPMorgan’s own words. Fortune published a commentary article […]
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Donald Trump’s scandal-plagued first Interior secretary has a good shot at winning Montana’s new House seat. But his opponents have seized on a weak point. WHITEFISH, Mont. — Ryan Zinke likes to tout his fifth-generation Montana roots. On his first day as Donald Trump’s Interior secretary, in 2017, the tall, boot-clad ex-Navy Seal famously galloped to […]
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Nancy Caywood recalls the days when the white tufts on the cotton plants on her family’s 255-acre farm popped out against the stark blue desert sky, and their alfalfa fields were a sea of green yielding eight to 10 cuttings a year. “To walk out and smell the fresh hay, there’s nothing like it,” the […]
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Diesel truck pollution from the busiest port complex in the United States has fouled the air in nearby neighborhoods in Southern California for decades. So when port officials asked for feedback on cleaning up that pollution, hundreds of people weighed in. Los Angeles and Long Beach officials hoped residents would help them decide whether to […]
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The president took swift action upon entering the White House, but recent developments raise concern his agenda has stalled On his first day at the White House, Joe Biden earned praise for following through on several campaign promises, committing the US to strict climate goals and a greener future. Now, nearly six months into his […]
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