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Vermont's flood-damaged capital is slowly rebuilding. And it's asking tourists and residents to help

MONTPELIER, Vt.

Oct 6, 2023 4:09 PM Read more >

Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds perish after crashing into windows at Chicago exhibition hall

David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago's lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday morning he found something horrible: Hundreds of dead songbirds, so thick they looked like a carpet.

Oct 6, 2023 4:04 PM Read more >

Troopers who fatally shot a 'Cop City' activist near Atlanta won't be charged, prosecutor says

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged, a prosecutor announced Friday, saying he found that their use of dea

Oct 6, 2023 1:43 PM Read more >

Indonesia denies its fires are causing blankets of haze in neighboring Malaysia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia denied Friday that forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were causing the haze in Malaysia, after the neighboring government sent a letter complaining about the air quality and asking for both countri

Oct 6, 2023 10:49 AM Read more >

Typhoon Koinu heads toward southern China and Hong Kong after leaving 1 dead in Taiwan

BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan .

Oct 6, 2023 7:10 AM Read more >

Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India's northeast was feared for years

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's Himalayan north, a disaster that many had warned was possi

Oct 6, 2023 6:12 AM Read more >

Georgia's governor continues rollback of state gas and diesel taxes for another month

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state taxes on gasoline and diesel will be suspended for another month after Gov. Brian Kemp extended the tax rollback in a Friday executive order. The suspension of the taxes, at 31.

Oct 6, 2023 5:31 AM Read more >

Heavy rain and floods kill 6 people in Sri Lanka and force schools to close

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides and downed trees in many parts of Sri Lanka, killing at least six people and forcing authorities to close schools in some areas, officials said Friday.

Oct 6, 2023 5:25 AM Read more >

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany

VIENNA (AP) — Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, authorities said.

Oct 6, 2023 4:20 AM Read more >

Icy floodwaters kill at least 31 in India's Himalayan northeast after lake bursts through major dam

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ice-cold floodwaters swept through mountain towns in India’s Himalayan northeast, killing at least 31 people, washing away houses and bridges, and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes, officials said Friday.

Oct 6, 2023 1:16 AM Read more >