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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The air-conditioning gave out as students returned from summer break last year to Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., forcing them to learn in sweltering heat. By Thanksgiving, students were huddling under blankets because the heat wasn't working. Along the way students dealt with broken showers in locker rooms, plumbing [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Dozens of traditional irrigation systems that supply community farms, gardens and orchards in northern New Mexico won't flow with water this spring, forcing many families to decide whether to risk planting crops this year with no guarantee of water. Rural officials testified this week before a state Senate committee, saying the damage [...]
Work on a $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about effects that the SunZia transmission line will have on religious and cultural sites. Federal land managers temporarily suspended work on the [...]
Pedro Yudel Bruzon was looking for someone in the United States to support his effort to seek asylum when he landed on a Facebook page filled with posts demanding up to $10,000 for a financial sponsor. It's part of an underground market that's emerged since the Biden administration announced it would accept 30,000 immigrants each [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — While some Republicans blame the COVID-19 vaccine or "wokeness" for the Army's recruiting woes, military service officials say the bigger hurdles are more traditional ones: Young people don't want to die or get injured, deal with the stress of Army life and put their lives on hold. They "just don't see the [...]
For homeowners who have been holding off on home improvements, a new law signed last year and now in effect as of Jan. 1 may provide a fresh incentive. The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, includes tax credits and rebates for homeowners who make energy-saving updates to their homes. Credits for improvements such as new [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the total amount they're wagering is surging — although most of the action is still off the books. An estimated 1 in 5 American adults will make some sort of bet, laying out a whopping [...]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Biden administration is proposing regulatory changes to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if their actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species. The proposed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule outlines steps to simplify permitting for damage that otherwise would be [...]
A new microgrid comprising an onsite solar array and energy storage should keep clean water flowing to Columbus residents during extended power outages that previously had shut down critical infrastructure. Through AEP Ohio’s Smart City initiative, Columbus has partnered with Cleveland-based power management firm Eaton in the development of a system to enhance and maintain [...]
NEW YORK — After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting. Over the years, there have been numerous efforts to quiet the cacophony. One of the latest: traffic cameras equipped with sound meters capable of identifying souped-up [...]