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Month: June 2024

What happened to Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam? Here’s what to know about its flooding and partial failure

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota dam is still intact after floodwaters overcame parts of the structure and prompted officials to prepare for a potential collapse. Authorities on Tuesday initially said the Rapidan Dam faced an “imminent threat” of collapse, but later said an abutment had partially failed. The river has swelled after an

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Border arrests fall more than 40% after Biden’s halt to asylum processing, Homeland Security says

Associated Press TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday. The announcement comes just one day before President Joe Biden is set to debate former President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

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Qué significa la sentencia de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. sobre las redes sociales

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos emitió este miércoles una decisión que podría tener enormes consecuencias para las elecciones de 2024, al afirmar que el Gobierno estadounidense puede –por ahora– seguir advirtiendo a las empresas de redes sociales sobre las amenazas de desinformación que detecta en Internet. Aunque el caso se

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Farmers react to flood damage

By Evan Berg Click here for updates on this story     CHATFIELD, Minnesota (KIMT) — On Tuesday, June 25, corn fields in Chatfield and Cummingsville, along Highway 30 are still recovering from the weekend flood. Rod Nelson, a farmer who lives just outside of Chatfield, says 200 of his 800 acres are still submerged in water.

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A 12-year-old suffocated to death at camp after he was confined in a fully enclosed bivy sack, autopsy report says

By Holly Yan, Navya Shukla and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A boy from New York journeyed to North Carolina for camp but did not survive his first night, authorities said. Now, his death is being investigated as a homicide. Hours after arriving at Trails Carolina, a program for adolescents with behavioral or emotional issues, the

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Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano that troubles scientists most

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet, more than Hawaii’s bubbling lava fields or Yellowstone’s sprawling supervolcano, it’s Mount Rainier that has many US volcanologists worried. “Mount

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Youth counselor, 49, dies after assault

By Mitchell Skurzewski Click here for updates on this story     IRMA, Wisconsin (WAOW) — A 49-year-old Lincoln Hills School staff member died Tuesday night from injuries he sustained in an assault at the school Monday. The staff member has been identified as Corey Proulx, who served as a youth counselor at Lincoln Hills School since

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