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August 13, 2017
Kuwait battles oil spill in Persian Gulf waters
Kuwait battled Sunday to control an oil spill off its southern coast that stained its beaches, threatened to damage power ...
August 10, 2017
Emergency declared in New Orleans as flood threat looms
Louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency in New Orleans on Thursday as the city's malfunctioning water-pumping ...
August 08, 2017
Palm oil blobs cover Hong Kong beaches after sea crash
Cleanup efforts are underway in Hong Kong after white blobs of congealed palm oil washed up on the city's shores following ...
August 04, 2017
Cars roll in as tourists return to NC islands after outage
Carloads of tourists rolled in, stores stocked seafood counters and kitchen workers chopped vegetables Friday as two North ...
August 03, 2017
'A salty taste': Families vent about trips lost to outage
Vacationers turned away by an island power outage say they've gotten few answers about whether they'll get back money they ...
Joe Main, Patricia Silvey
August 03, 2017
Union, feds at odds on countering surge in coal mine deaths
Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year's, and federal safety officials say workers who are new ...
July 25, 2017
Oil company to spend $20M in safety upgrades in wake of fire
Chevron Corp. and state regulators have reached a settlement related to a 2012 fire at its Richmond refinery that will ...
July 21, 2017
Possible melted fuel seen for first time at Fukushima plant
An underwater robot captured images of solidified lava-like rocks Friday inside a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled ...
July 20, 2017
Swimming robot probes Fukushima reactor to find melted fuel
An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images ...
July 18, 2017
Months needed for additional study of Dakota Access pipeline
Additional environmental review of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to take the rest of the year to ...
July 05, 2017
Fire in Johannesburg building occupied by squatters kills 7
A fire broke out Wednesday in a building in downtown Johannesburg in which squatters were living illegally, killing seven ...
June 30, 2017
Owner confirms worker badly hurt in fireworks plant blast
An apparent ignition malfunction at a Pennsylvania fireworks company caused at least one explosion that badly injured a ...
June 28, 2017
Toshiba pushes back closing deal on memory unit sale
Japanese electronics and energy giant Toshiba has delayed its deadline for reaching an agreement on selling its lucrative ...
June 23, 2017
Toshiba gets earnings report extension, faces delisting risk
Money-losing Japanese electronics and nuclear company Toshiba Corp. has until Aug. 10 to get auditors to sign off on its ...
June 19, 2017
4 who died among 19 honored by Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
A Colorado physician who was fatally shot while trying to help his neighbor after she was wounded in a domestic shooting is ...
June 15, 2017
Swimming robot to probe damage at Japan nuclear plant
A Japanese industrial group unveiled Thursday a robot designed for underwater probes of damage from meltdowns at the ...
June 15, 2017
Judge: Redo part of analysis for Dakota Access pipeline
A federal judge has handed a lifeline to efforts to block the Dakota Access pipeline, ruling Wednesday that the U.S.
June 13, 2017
Investigators: EPA had no rules for working at risky mines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had no rules for working around old mines when the agency inadvertently triggered ...
June 11, 2017
Toshiba to pay $3.68 billion for Westinghouse reactors in US
Money-losing Japanese nuclear and electronics company Toshiba Corp. will pay $3.68 billion toward the construction of two ...
June 06, 2017
4th worker dies after Wisconsin mill explosion
A fourth worker died of his injuries Tuesday after an explosion destroyed a corn mill in southern Wisconsin last week, the ...
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