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SWITZERLAND: Front of unstable glacier collapses

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The unstable front edge of a Swiss glacier collapsed yesterday. Local residents were evacuated, and no injuries were reported.

ITALY: Floods kill 6 in Tuscany

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Floods killed six people yesterday in the Italian city of Livorno in Tuscany. Two more were missing.

MEXICO: 96 dead as stunned nation takes stock of earthquake damage

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Mexico's strongest earthquake in a century left at least 96 people dead and caused widespread damage to small towns.

WASHINGTON: Rare fisher remains on endangered list despite progress

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The fisher, a rarely seen, weasellike animal, will stay on Washington state's endangered species list.

AUTOS: French carmaker accused of cheating diesel emissions tests

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The diesel car industry took another hit Friday as a report said French automaker PSA Group's Peugeot and Citroën brands may have as many as 1.9 million cars with engines meant to trick diesel emissions tests.

TOXICS: Memorial honors 9/11 responders sickened by airborne hazards

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Sixteen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the list of deaths is still growing as police officers, firefighters and other first responders fall to illnesses linked to toxic dust kicked up by the attacks.

SUPREME COURT: Cities, industry ask justices to weigh EPA stormwater regs

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A group that represents municipalities and industrial entities has asked the Supreme Court to take up a legal spat over U.S. EPA wastewater treatment policies.

FUEL ECONOMY: 5 AGs sue over Trump delaying higher fines for automakers

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Five state attorneys general sued the Trump administration today for delaying higher penalties for automakers that don't meet fuel economy targets.

AIR POLLUTION: Court stays Utah haze plan in win for coal-fired utility

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A federal appellate court has stayed an Obama administration plan intended to slash haze-forming emissions from two coal-fired power plants in Utah.

EARTHQUAKES: 'Seismic weather forecasting' could become reality

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Imagine checking your smartphone to monitor the risk of an earthquake hitting a certain area of California.

AGRICULTURE: New England 'seed ark' preserves rare plants for the future

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New England's most crucial inventory of seeds sits inside a freezer in a cinder block shed at a botanical garden in the suburbs of Boston.

WILDFIRES: 'Extremely limited resources' plague firefighters in West

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As a historic fire season grips the West, firefighters are grappling with a dearth of resources.

WILDLIFE: 7 charged in poaching ring that killed over 100 animals

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A poaching ring killed over 100 animals, including cougars, bobcats, black bears, elk and deer, in southwestern Washington state and northwestern Oregon, according to authorities.

OCEANS: Easter Island marine reserve will protect dozens of species

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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet created a marine reserve around the remote Easter Island this weekend, protecting dozens of species found only in the area.

WILDLIFE: Fla. park promises no escaped gators during Irma

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An Orlando amusement park promised that its alligators and other creatures wouldn't escape during Hurricane Irma.

OCEANS: Irma sucked water from shores, stranding 2 manatees

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Hurricane Irma's winds were so strong that they sucked water away from the shorelines in the Bahamas and the Gulf Coast this weekend.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Cranes broken by Irma's winds dangle over Miami streets

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Two massive construction cranes snapped in Miami over the weekend as Hurricane Irma swept howling winds and rain through the city.

EXTREME WEATHER: Irma downgraded, Tampa spared 'punch in the face'

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Irma weakened this morning to a tropical storm as it moved north, and it should be downgraded to a tropical depression by tomorrow afternoon, according to forecasters.

WATER POLLUTION: EPA finds no volatile chemicals in water near Arkema plant

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U.S. EPA found no volatile chemicals in water samples taken near the Arkema Inc. plant in Crosby, Texas, where power outages from Hurricane Harvey flooding caused fires and explosions.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Another vulnerable Republican calls it quits

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Michigan Republican Rep. Dave Trott announced he will not run for re-election next year, continuing a trend of swing-seat Republican retirements ahead of the 2018 midterms.
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