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Florida’s Manatee County Public Safety Department has declared a state of emergency and ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point reservoir site and surrounding areas due a leak that could cause a collapse of phosphogypsum stacks, waste that is created during fertilizer production and phosphate rock mining. The Tampa-area reservoir could cause structural collapse

At least 550 people have been killed by Myanmar’s military in the aftermath of a coup which overthrew the elected government on February 1, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an advocacy group based in neighboring Thailand. Security officials have responded to dissent with a brutal crackdown and detained thousands, including at

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the US economy, health care system and schools. Some experts say it’s also to blame for a recent spike in avalanche deaths. Seriously. So far this winter season, 36 people have died in US avalanches, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), tying the record set in

Here’s two reasons to marvel at the men’s Final Four on Saturday night: Somehow, the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t derail the season, despite lots of postponed or canceled games over five months. Second, for all the strange circumstances — limited attendance, no bands, teams playing in just one state and sequestered in four hotels — this

A member of the Jordanian royal family and the former head of the royal court were arrested on Saturday due to “security reasons,” according to Jordan’s state news agency Petra, and the country’s former crown prince claimed he has been told not to leave his home. Petra did not offer additional details on the arrests

Major League Baseball’s decision to move its 2021 All-Star Game from Georgia after the state changed its voting laws is not an unprecedented move. Other major sports leagues and players have been fighting Republican politicians in this era. What makes MLB’s move different is that it’s not known as a progressive league. Its players and

Major American cities saw a 33% increase in homicides last year as a pandemic swept across the country, millions of people joined protests against racial injustice and police brutality, and the economy collapsed under the weight of the pandemic — a crime surge that has continued into the first quarter of this year. Sixty-three of

Pain, trauma and regret spilled out from a Minneapolis courtroom during a first week of critical testimony in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd. The week concluded with potentially devastating testimony from the police department’s most senior officer, who called Chauvin’s actions on