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Norwegian Arctic area to be evacuated due deadly avalanches

HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian authorities said Saturday they would evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people, including tourists from Slovenia and Italy.
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Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead

Storms strike Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana; 7 reported dead

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
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Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return

Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return

TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of a Japanese town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a c
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As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out

As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out

BENGALURU, India (AP) — For the second year in a row, India’s government has ordered the nation’s coal-fired power plants to run at full power.
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Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Marty Plaskett upgraded his farming equipment and spent $60,000 on new sprinklers to conserve water, even before the rural Nevada valley where he farms alfalfa began more strictly managing groundwater.
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Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by tornado

Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by tornado

ROLLING FORK, Miss.
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EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Climate protesters who stormed British Grand Prix avoid jail

LONDON (AP) — Six climate change activists who stormed the track at last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels were spared prison sentences Friday.
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Report by feds, anglers cites offshore wind impacts on fish

Report by feds, anglers cites offshore wind impacts on fish

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
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