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Athens—Tasos Dimalexis and his colleagues from the Hellenic Ornithological Society had spent days sc

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A drought emergency was declared in a dozen counties of Washington state on Mo

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energ

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus c

SEATTLE (AP) — Bjorn Hedges drove around the two wind farms he manages the morning after a wildfire

Austin, Texas — A heat wave that has consistently pushed temperatures well above 100 degrees across

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