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Maryland is planning a replacement for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; farmers now want millions set aside because the new crossing could accelerate development and permanently remove Eastern Shore farmland
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge spans about 4.3 miles, connecting Sandy Point and Kent Island in Maryland. (Photo: Public domain) Maryland’s...
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Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Former cabinet minister and Labour Party deputy leader Lord Tom Watson has become a senior vice president at US tech...
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14 years after he vanished, a shocking betrayal may reveal what happened to US journalist Austin Tice
He was 31 and had just celebrated his birthday a few days ago while listening to Taylor Swift songs, before...
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California turns 67 acres of former farmland into wetlands and grasslands; restored Carr Lake landscape opens September 20
The project is designed to recreate a historic wetland landscape that existed in the area more than a century ago...
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An intruder breaks into a San Diego home, but Golden Retriever Nash keeps offering him toys; then police arrive, and the dog has the same plan, all caught on camera
Dante Rowley and his fiancée were boarding a plane when the Ring camera alert arrived on their phone. A stranger...
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Yellow-bellied venomous sea snake returns to California beach after 8 years; rare reappearance after 2018 gives scientists clues about the species’ changing Pacific range
Yellow-bellied sea snake Representative image by Canva A yellow-bellied sea snake has washed ashore on an Orange County beach, marking...
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War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
This “crisis of disbelief”, as Michta put it, is not evenly spread. The further east you go, the closer you...
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In 1973, a California homeowner paid $5,000 for a city-permitted backyard pool; 53 years later, a sanitation district says it must go as the 29-property easement dispute heads to trial
Clarke, who has lived at his home since the early 1970s, installed his swimming pool a few years after buying...
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UK’s ‘dismal’ Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
The MPs’ hearing will be part of the committee’s State of Play inquiry, where members of the public or others...
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An Ohio park covered just 43 acres; a land transfer involving the city and a homebuilder is adding 333 conservation acres, making the park nearly nine times its former size
Homestead Metro Park in Hilliard, Ohio, is set for a dramatic expansion, with 333 acres of conservation land being added...
