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1 dead, more than 350 people rescued after flash flooding in southeast Missouri

1 dead, more than 350 people rescued after flash flooding in southeast Missouri

Updated 7:42 p.m.

ST. LOUIS — More than 350 people have been rescued from flooded areas of southeast Missouri as of Saturday morning, officials said. One woman from Crawford County, Faith Gregory, 23, was found dead at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department said. Gregory was discovered by volunteer searchers in Huzzah Creek about 1.8 miles downstream from her home. Gregory was last seen ...

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EPA to force the removal of leaking acids from deteriorating Washington pulp mill

SEATTLE — Federal regulators will force the removal of toxic, highly corrosive chemicals from a defunct and leaking pulp mill along the Chehalis River, officials confirmed this week. Either Richard Bassett, the U.K. businessman who owns Cosmo Specialty Fibers, must start removing vast quantities of these chemicals from the site this month or the Environmental Protection Agency will step in and ... 
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Trump slashes wildlife protections, putting endangered California animals at risk

The Trump administration finalized a rollback of the Endangered Species Act on Friday, paving the way for drilling, mining and other human development across protected wildlife habitats. The move redefines "harm" under the Endangered Species Act, the landmark conservation law that protects threatened and endangered plants and animals. For years, "harm" meant actions that injure or kill ...
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U.S. subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One story

Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas late Friday compelling four New York Times journalists to reveal their sources for two stories about security shortcomings on the new Qatari-gifted presidential jet, the news organization said. The Times reported earlier this week that the Secret Service advised Trump to take the older jet used as Air Force One to return from Turkey after a NATO meeting ...
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NYC specialized high schools continue to offer few seats to Black and Hispanic students

NEW YORK — New York City’s specialized high schools continued to make few offers to Black and Latino students during Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first admissions cycle in office, according to data released Friday. Black students received 3.5% and Hispanic students 6.5% of acceptance letters — broadly consistent with last year’s 3% and 6.9%. At Stuyvesant High School, the most selective of the eight ...
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Driver gets jail time after brake-checking semi-truck in road rage crash

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15 states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts

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Race for Platner alternative takes shape

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Family demands answers in death of young Black man in Mississippi

A mother on Friday pleaded for anyone to come forward with information about what happened to her son, a young Black man whose body was found on an island off the coast of Mississippi after he traveled there over the Fourth ​of July weekend with three white friends.
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Utah revokes license of school where Paris Hilton alleged abuse

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Eric Trump’s Bitcoin bet erases $600 million from family fortune

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