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Month: August 2023

What’s driving Maui’s devastating fires, and how climate change is fueling those conditions

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation. Experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events like what’s playing out on

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Public School teacher behind bars after allegedly shooting into a vehicle with 4 people inside

By Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A MCPSS teacher is facing serious charges. Police say 25-year-old Kenishia Gilmore is accused of shooting into a vehicle with four people inside. According to a MCPSS spokesperson, Gilmore is a seventh-grade science teacher at Scarborough Middle School. She has been

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COD awards students $10,000 grants for community service

Approximately three dozen College Corps volunteers will soon be recognized for collectively spending upwards of 16,000 hours fighting hunger in the Coachella Valley as new students follow in their footsteps. “While education fills our minds, giving to others enriches our souls,” said College of the Desert Interim Superintendent/President Laura Hope. “These students learned valuable lessons

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UN says agreement to reopen crossing to Syria’s northwest will safeguard independent UN operations

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the agreement it reached with Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest for six months “safeguards” the independence of U.N. operations and allows it to provide aid to all parties. The agreement, which was

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Closure of 3 Southern California power plants likely to be postponed, state energy officials decide

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Temperatures in many California cities are cooling down this week, but a debate is simmering on how to generate enough electricity to power the state through extreme weather events while transitioning away from a reliance on fossil fuels. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday

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Closure of 3 Southern California power plants likely to be postponed, state energy officials decide

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Temperatures in many California cities are cooling down this week, but a debate is simmering on how to generate enough electricity to power the state through extreme weather events while transitioning away from a reliance on fossil fuels. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday

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“Es apocalíptico”: varios muertos en Maui, Hawai, por los incendios forestales que forzaron a la gente a lanzarse al mar y ponen en jaque los servicios de emergencia

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Al menos seis personas murieron por los incendios forestales que arrasan Maui, dijo el alcalde de la isla, Richard Bissen Jr., en una conferencia de prensa este miércoles. “Me entristece informar que justo antes de comenzar, se confirmó que tuvimos 6 muertes”, informó. “Todavía estamos en modo de búsqueda y rescate”.

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