Last year, tens of thousands of water birds became paralyzed and died in a gruesome botulism outbreak caused by lack of water at two wildlife refuges on California’s border with Oregon. And it could happen again this summer. The crippling drought that has plagued the region for years shows no […]
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Australia’s travel ban is inspiring city-dwellers to explore the Outback, with deadly consequences
Australia’s ongoing international border closure has sparked an unprecedented domestic tourism boom to remote, dangerous destinations including a giant monolith which has claimed three lives in six weeks. It is twice as big as Ayers Rock, is one of the country’s most spectacular natural attractions, and is key to Indigenous […]
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The pandemic, a deadly cancer and my 14-year-old daughter
By Darrin Zammit Lupi VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) – Strangely, I can’t clearly picture the face of the surgeon who changed my family’s life. I’m not sure I’d recognize him if I bumped into him in the street. And yet I can vividly recall his face turning pale the instant he looked at […]
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Money laundering is a dirty, even deadly business. Miami plays a huge role
Emily Spell heard the screams from outside her parents’ red brick home. She found her brother, Joseph Williams, 31, splayed on a mattress in the basement. His eyes, half open, were yellow. His lips were blue. “Joe, wake up! Joe, wake up!” his wife, Kristina, hollered, while pounding on his […]
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Charlottesville Removes Confederate Statue Near the Site of Deadly 2017 Rally
Erin Edgerton/The Daily Progress via AP The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, has started taking down a Confederate statue that stood near the site of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. Albemarle County, where Charlotteville is located, is livestreaming the statue’s removal for community members on social media. “Livestream […]