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Pirates-Padres game delayed 45 minutes due to poor air quality from wildfires

Pirates-Padres game delayed 45 minutes due to poor air quality from wildfires

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres was delayed 45 minutes Thursday due to poor air conditions caused by lingering smoke from wildfires in Canada. Moments before the scheduled start time at 12:35 p.m.
Searchers look for B.C. teen missing in provincial park since Tuesday

Searchers look for B.C. teen missing in provincial park since Tuesday

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — A helicopter, a drone and teams of rescuers from across the Lower Mainland are part of a search for a missing teen who was separated from her group while hiking in a Metro Vancouver provincial park.
N.S. threatens court action to force Ottawa to pay entire cost of isthmus project

N.S. threatens court action to force Ottawa to pay entire cost of isthmus project

HALIFAX — An ongoing war of words erupted into a legal threat Thursday as Nova Scotia’s premier said his government was considering taking Ottawa to court over funding to protect a vital land corridor linking his province and New Brunswick.
Drone deployed to fight mosquitoes in Southern California

Drone deployed to fight mosquitoes in Southern California

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — A drone flies over a peaceful Southern California marsh and unleashes a rain of larvae-killing bacterial spore pellets. Its target: a surging population of mosquitoes that can spread diseases to humans.
Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the U.S.

ConocoPhillips faces potential $914,000 fine over Alaska gas blowout, leak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ConocoPhillips Alaska faces a potential $914,000 fine over what a state regulatory agency called a “shallow underground blowout” of a well that released natural gas at the company's Alpine field on Alaska's petroleum-rich Nor
Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it

Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it

The only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly , forecasters say
Central US is now getting worst of the drought. Corn crops are stressed, rivers are running low

Central US is now getting worst of the drought. Corn crops are stressed, rivers are running low

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shane’s Illinois farm got a nice soaking on May 8, shortly after he planted his corn crop. Since then, rain has been hard to come by.
Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO's job since Ohio derailment

Safety concerns dominate Norfolk Southern railroad CEO's job since Ohio derailment

ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio, creating t

'Vision of Inuit': Nunavut's historic land-use plan submitted after 16 years

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The federal and Nunavut governments, as well as a group representing Inuit in the territory, are reviewing a massive plan to formally guide where, how and when land and water can be used in Canada's easternmost territory.