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A week before Christmas 1941, 763 men on the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Neptune lost their lives off the coast of Libya — 150 were New Zealand sailors....

Three enormous open-pit mines owned by Drummond Co. in northern Colombia dwarf the nearby town of La Loma, which sprang up after the U.S. company began extracting coal in 1995 and has grown to some 10,000 residents. Life in La Loma revolves around the mines. Packed company buses flood the town every 12 hours, at the 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. shift changes. After workers who have just completed their shifts empty out, the buses fill right back up with fresh replacements waiting to be taken to the mines t

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EAST COBB — A crowd of 425 Cobb County choral students spilled out of an expanded stage area to treat a full house of concert-goers with a meaningful tribute honoring

The platform will help smaller drinks brands enter the UK market by offering access to consumers and trade accounts.

By Anya Kamenetz for Grist.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration Jesika Gonzalez will tell you that she wasnt the biggest fan of Porterville, California, while she was growing up. "When I was younger, I was very, like, angsty," the 18-year-old said as she flicked her purple hair over her shoulder. "Whatever, this towns small, nothing to do." Porterville is a predominantly His...

This Saturday, North Carolinians who are dedicated to fighting climate change and air pollution will be honored at the annual CleanAIRE Affair fundraiser. CleanAIRE NC, a nonprofit environmental group, will present the 2023 Blue Sky Awards to recognize their honorees commitment. Yancey Fouché, director of sustainability at Davidson College, is among this years honorees. ...

Nebraska environmental leader Jane Kleeb has received the largest environmental award offered to an individual, a $3 million Climate Breakthrough Award. Kleeb is founding director and president of Bold Alliance, formerly Bold Nebraska. She said after 13 years of fighting pipelines, they are moving into being energy builders. ...

ELKINS — Arbovale resident Dale Kinnison captured the Best in Show Award at the annual Mountain State Forest Photography Show, held during festival week at

Disputes about how claimants and lawyers should split a historic $2.7 billion settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates have delayed payments to 100 million people who had policies between