March 28th, 2024

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Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle and pause work at nuclear weapons facility

By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024

DALLAS – A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing at least the temporary shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. An unknown number of homes and other structures in Hutchinson County ... Read More »

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Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday, spokesperson says

By The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024

MOSCOW (AP) – The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said Tuesday. The burial is ... Read More »

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Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility

By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

DALLAS (AP) – A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. An unknown number of homes and other structures in Hutchinson County were damaged ... Read More »

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Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread through rural Panhandle

By The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) – Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties as the largest fire burned nearly ... Read More »

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Bridgeport mayor wins do-over election in race marred by ballot irregularities

By Susan Haigh, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim has won a do-over election in Connecticut’s most populous city, months after a judge threw out the results of the first one because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing during a Democratic primary. Ganim on Tuesday defeated fellow Democrat John Gomes, the city’s former acting chief administrative officer. Gomes successfully ... Read More »

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Biden and Trump win Michigan primaries, edging closer to a rematch

By Seung Min Kim And Corey Williams, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men. Biden defeated Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, his one significant opponent left in the Democratic primary. But Democrats were also closely watching the results of the “uncommitted” vote, as ... Read More »

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San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies

By Janie Har, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination. “On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors offers its deepest apologies to all African Americans and their descendants who came ... Read More »

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Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations

By The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) – Surging wildfires fueled by strong winds and dry grass in unseasonably warm temperatures prompted safety warnings for residents of several towns and at least one evacuation order in the far northern part of the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties and ordered ... Read More »

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Man to plead guilty in ‘killing spree’ of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes

By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds – including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation – then illegally selling their feathers intends to plead guilty to illegal wildlife trafficking and other criminal charges, court documents show. Federal prosecutors say Travis John Branson and others killed about 3,600 birds during a ... Read More »

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Man to plead guilty in yearslong ‘killing spree’ of birds for eagle feathers prized by tribes

By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024

A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds – including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation – then illegally selling their feathers intends to plead guilty to illegal wildlife trafficking and other criminal charges, court documents show. Federal prosecutors say Travis John Branson and others killed about 3,600 birds during a ... Read More »

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