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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A heat that has gripped much of the central part of the country has resulted in buckled roads and strained water systems and power grids. The heat wave has stressed the systems put in place to keep resources moving and people safe. Texas' power grid — which failed during a deadly [...]
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Shortly after the ignition of the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert water from streams to fight the growing inferno. West Maui Land Company Inc. said it eventually received approval from the [...]
WASHINGTON — Female soldiers face rampant sexism, harassment and other gender-related challenges in male dominated Army special operations units, according to a report released this week, eight years after the Pentagon opened all combat jobs to women. U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of "overtly sexist" comments from [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Just five years ago, a price-conscious auto shopper could choose from among a dozen new small cars selling for less than $20,000. Now, there's just one: The Mitsubishi Mirage, and even that model appears headed for the scrap yard. At a time when Americans increasingly want pricey SUVs and trucks rather than [...]
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Freddy Tomas said he was working in his yard in Lahaina when the fire advanced with stunning speed right up to his fence. He rushed to save valuables from a safe inside his house, but realized he didn’t have time and fled, his face blackened with soot. Days after fleeing in [...]
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is hoping to jump-start the replacement of the two bridges connecting Cape Cod to the rest of the state by focusing first on federal dollars to replace the Sagamore Bridge before turning to the Bourne Bridge. The renewed effort comes as earlier attempts to win federal funds to [...]
LUDLOW, Vermont (AP) — The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vt., but that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. It also was before the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Now a coming rainstorm can stir [...]
The Biden administration earlier this week announced the availability of nearly $200 million in federal infrastructure grants to upgrade tunnels that carry streams beneath roads but can be deadly to fish that get stuck trying to pass through the tunnels. Many of the narrow passages are often made from metal or concrete, were built in [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department earlier this week unveiled a program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward renewable-energy projects. The program will be funded by an initial $72.5 million. Federal officials said $150 million of the Inflation Reduction [...]
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Richy Palalay so closely identifies with his Maui hometown that he had a tattoo artist permanently ink "Lahaina Grown" on his forearms when he was 16. Yet a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants have been displacing residents such as Palalay who give Lahaina its spirit [...]