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SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government last week said it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest. The government also said it will help figure out how to offset the hydropower, transportation and other benefits provided by four dams on [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that is designed to prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this week announced that it is starting the process to put a new federal safety standard in place requiring the [...]
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, is reopening to residents and business owners holding day passes. The renewed access earlier this week marks an important emotional milestone for victims of the Aug. [...]
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska (AP) — In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Neb., observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs or schools. So, when the city administrator, Laura McAloon, learned of an opportunity to study the development of a bus system to meet those transportation needs, [...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced this week. “Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and [...]
More Americans are expected to fly or drive far from home over Christmas than they did last year, putting a cap on a busy year for travel. Auto club AAA forecasts that 115.2 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home during the 10 days between Dec. 23 and New Year's Day. That's [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, but some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government. Disability advocates say the change would artificially reduce their numbers by almost half. At [...]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Off and on for more than a decade, Wyoming leaders have threatened to auction off large chunks of pristine, state-owned parcels of land within Grand Teton National Park to the highest-bidding developer to prod the U.S. government to step in and pay millions to conserve the properties. Now, they might make good [...]
WASHINGTON — A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves at a time of heightened tensions in faith-based communities across the country. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of Homeland Security, works with faith groups across the country to [...]
RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, a practice wildlife advocates have tried to outlaw for decades due to safety concerns. The M-44 ejector devices that critics call “cyanide bombs” have unintentionally killed thousands of [...]