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Georgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Buddy Carter on Tuesday …

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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here is the historic storm by the numbers: ___ DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES In just three days, downtown Los Angeles got soaked by more than 8 inches (20.3 cm) of rain — more than half of the 14.25 inches …

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Daño a tubería submarina deja sin agua potable a isla griega; sospechan sabotaje

ATENAS (AP) — Los residentes de la isla griega de Egina llevan varios días sin agua potable en sus hogares luego que un presunto acto de sabotaje inutilizara una tubería submarina desde el continente, informaron las autoridades de Atenas el martes. Las autoridades indicaron que una carga explosiva probablemente cortó el suministro de agua potable que es transportada a lo …

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Georgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Buddy Carter on Tuesday …

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Who will run the US House in 2025? Once again, control could tip on California swing districts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavily Democratic California might appear an unlikely national battleground, but a string of competitive U.S. House contests is again poised to play a crucial role in determining control of the chamber as Republicans look to maintain their fragile majority in a deeply divided nation. The state that was once home for Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and …

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Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last March’s approval overturned. Arguments before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court …

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Zelenskyy dice que es inminente la reestructuración del liderazgo militar de Ucrania

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo que analiza la destitución del jefe del ejército como parte de una reestructuración más amplia en el liderazgo militar, una posibilidad que ha conmocionado a un país que combate la invasión de Rusia y que ha preocupado a los aliados occidentales de Kiev. En una entrevista publicada el domingo por …

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