Environmental advocate steps up at the Rock
CANNON BEACH, Oregon - In 2014, Frances Holtman was among crew members detained when four small boats were seized by Danish authorities for protesting the slaughter of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.
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Modi to Congress: India, US can anchor stability in Asia
WASHINGTON - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the world's two largest democracies can anchor stability and prosperity from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific in...
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Earth's super-sized El Nino is over; coming up, La Nina
WASHINGTON - This year's monstrous El Nino, nicknamed Godzilla by NASA, is dead. It heated up the globe, but didn't quite end California's four-year drought.
View ArticleCoast Guard seizes over $214 million in cocaine
MIAMI BEACH, Florida - The Coast Guard has offloaded over eight tons of cocaine in Miami Beach with an estimated value of more than $214 million.
View ArticleMan swimming in New Jersey gets stung by clinging jellyfish
MONMOUTH BEACH, New Jersey - A New Jersey town says a man has been stung by a clinging jellyfish and hospitalized.
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Sting operation: Jellyfish targeted before they can multiply
BRICK, New Jersey - Environmental officials and waterfront homeowners in New Jersey are conducting a reverse sting operation against jellyfish in inland waterways, going after the gelatinous pests...
View ArticleRemains of Marine killed in WW II to be buried in Fort Dodge
FORT DODGE, Iowa - The remains of a Marine killed in a World War II battle on an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean will be returned to Webster County for burial alongside his parents and other...
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California nears $2 billion plan to house its homeless
LOS ANGELES - The growing problem of homelessness can be seen in every corner of California, from small towns that ring the state's redwood forests to the sands separating the Pacific Ocean from the...
View Article1st cruise ship set for Northwest Passage passes inspection
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard is gearing up for the inaugural voyage of a luxury cruise ship through the Northwest Passage and said Thursday the Crystal Serenity easily passed a routine inspection.
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Oceanographic research vessel gets midlife overhaul
SEATTLE - Capt. Eric Haroldson calls the research ship he commands "the Buddy Hackett of oceanographic research."
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NOAA reminding people not to touch or pick up seal pups
SEATTLE - As harbor seals are being born in the Pacific Northwest, marine mammal advocates up and down the West Coast are urging people not to touch or pick up pups that come up on beaches and...
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Group sues to force pollution disclosure at Washington dam
SEATTLE - An environmental group sued the federal agency that operates the nation's largest hydropower producer Wednesday, saying operations at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state are polluting...
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In Panama for business? Take a side trip to the famous canal
PANAMA CITY - Dozens of spectators gawk from an observation deck as a bulk freighter carrying grains from the United States to China inches its way closer. Forty-ton locomotives known as mules latch...
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Scientists hope new shark cam gives insight to deep dives
MONTEREY, California - Researchers are developing a one-of-a-kind camera to mount on great white sharks in an effort to discover why the fish travel each year to a spot in the Pacific Ocean nicknamed...
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Study: climate change warming Asian waters, altering monsoon
NEW DELHI - Each year as temperatures rise across India, farmers look to the sky and pray for rain.
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Dead whale towed off Los Angeles beach ahead of holiday
LOS ANGELES - The reeking carcass of a dead humpback whale was towed back out to sea some 24 hours after washing up at a popular Los Angeles County beach Friday.
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