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Canadian Restaurant Ordered to Close After Accepting Dog Photos Instead of Vaccine Proof
A Canadian restaurant was ordered to temporarily cease its indoor dining services after allowing customers to present dog photos instead of proof of vaccination.
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Exxon Denies That It Misled Investors on Climate Risks
Climate change may be the defining risk for oil and gas companies in coming decades, and attorneys for New York state are saying Exxon Mobil misled investors about how it was handling that risk. The state made closing arguments Thursday in a case that accused the energy giant of downplaying the impact of stricter climate regulations in a warming world....
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AP Fact Check: Trump's Wildfire Tweets Not Grounded in Facts
President Donald Trump is scorching the facts about California’s wildfires. The president in recent tweets blamed California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for the fires because of state forest management practices and said California’s fires were too expensive and worse than in other states. In fact, the fires were not raging mostly in forests. The bulk of California’s forests are...
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Woman and Her Teen Daughters Visit Disneyland With a Ticket She Won in 1985
More than 30 years after she was among the lucky few to win a Disneyland pass as part of a 30th anniversary giveaway at the theme park, Tamia Richardson returned to claim her prize — a day of magic with her two teen daughters.
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Americans, Canadian Journalist Among 26 Dead at Somali Hotel Sieged by Extremists
Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 people dead before Somali forces who besieged the hotel overnight killed the attackers. The victims included a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist. Three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans and a Briton also were among the dead,...
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Phillies 5, Mets 4 (10 Innings): Phillies Come Back for 3rd Straight Night, Notch 1st Walk-off of 2019
The Phillies came back for the third straight night and notched their first walk-off win of the season Wednesday, beating the Mets, 5-4, on Jay Bruce’s RBI double in the 10th inning. By Corey Seidman
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‘Kai the Hitchhiker' Gets 57 Years for Killing Elderly New Jersey Man
A man who gained internet fame as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” has been sentenced to 57 years in prison for the beating death of a New Jersey man.
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3 Climbers Presumed Dead After Avalanche in Canada
Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday. Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported overdue on Wednesday. “They are...
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Teen Makes New Life Year After Humboldt Hockey Bus Crash
In the year since the April 6 accident, grieving families have tried to stitch their lives back together, most moving on without their sons. The Straschnitzkis have a new life, recast as a family of six stuffed in hotel rooms, relying on donations to stretch their meager budget and making sure their son can still live his best life.
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Salt Lake City Gets Go-Ahead to Bid for Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse. The U.S. Olympic Committee said Friday it was selecting Utah’s capital, which...
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Federal Judge Blocks Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana
A federal judge in Montana has blocked construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL Pipeline to allow more time to study the project’s potential environmental impact. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris’ order on Thursday came as Calgary-based TransCanada was preparing to build the first stages of the oil pipeline in northern Montana, The Great Falls Tribune reports. Environmental groups had...
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Science Says: ‘The Warmer It Is, the More Fire We See'
As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames.
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Flyers Support Humboldt Player Paralyzed in Bus Crash
The 19-year-old hockey player is paralyzed from the chest down and is undergoing extensive rehab in Philadelphia. The Flyers made sure Philly was his new home ice.
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Keystone XL Developer Showers Nebraska With Campaign Cash
The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline is showering Nebraska public officials with campaign cash as it fights for regulatory approval in a state that is one of the last lines of resistance for the $8 billion project. A political action committee for TransCanada Inc. has donated more than $65,000 to campaigns within the last year, mostly to Republican state...
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Disputed Keystone Pipeline Project Focus of Montana Court Hearing
Attorneys for the Trump administration were due in a Montana courtroom Thursday to defend the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline against environmental groups that want to derail the project. The 1,179-mile (1,800-kilometer) line proposed by TransCanada Corporation was rejected in 2015 by former President Barack Obama because of its potential to exacerbate climate change. President Donald Trump revived the...
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Smoky Fire That Forced Evacuations Out at Wisconsin Refinery
Authorities said a fire at a northwestern Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people was out and people were being allowed back in their homes Thursday night after most of the city of Superior was forced to evacuate.
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Body Misidentified in Canadian Hockey Team Bus Crash That Killed 15
Families and friends already stunned by the deaths of 15 players and team personnel for Humboldt’s youth hockey club got a new shock Monday when authorities announced that one of the dead had been misidentified. The Ministry of Justice for Saskatchewan province said the mistake occurred partly because all the Broncos players had dyed their hair blond for the team’s...
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‘Green Book' for Black Travelers Was Powerful Tool for Women Entrepreneurs
The “Green Book” was more than a revolutionary way for African Americans to travel in this country; it was an economic engine for burgeoning entrepreneurs, particularly black women.
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Missing Brother of ‘Sex and the City' Actress Kim Cattrall Found Dead
“Sex and the City” star Kim Cattrall and Canadian police say her missing brother has been found dead. The actress had taken to social media earlier appealing for help in finding her brother Christopher Cattrall, who she said was missing from his home in Lacombe, Alberta. She tweeted Sunday afternoon later to say her family was announcing his “unexpected passing.”
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Climate Change Diet: Arctic Sea Ice Thins, So Do Polar Bears
Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It’s the climate change diet and scientists say it’s not good. They blame global warming for the dwindling ice cover on the Arctic Ocean that bears need for hunting seals each spring.