With the recent expiration of a federal deadline, California now finds itself sharply at odds with six other states over how to take less water from the shrinking Colorado River.
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Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Water officials say the mountain snowpack that supplies a significant amount of California’s water got an incredible boost from recent powerful storms. But the weather has turned drier.
The latest interest rate increase, though smaller than previous hikes, will likely further raise the costs of many consumer and business loans.
Powerball’s jackpot has grown to $700 million ahead of Saturday night’s drawing.
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital Tuesday night, hours after he shot himself while hiding in a crawlspace underneath a house in Grants Pass, Oregon.
California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said food may not show outward signs of contamination but still be contaminated.
The U.S. will pay family members of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in an accident at Arches National Park more than $10 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Monday.
The Congressional Black Caucus chairman is calling for changes following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed the charging documents naming the actor and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western “Rust.”
The voluntary search was conducted at least a week after classified documents were found in the office by the president’s personal lawyers.
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was charged with five felonies, including assault and battery, and faced decades in prison.
Officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died three days later at a hospital.
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