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South Baltimore wetlands, other statewide projects lose FEMA funding
A canceled Federal Emergency Management Agency program is leaving Maryland without funding for resilient infrastructure ...
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FEMA cuts impacting Crisfield flood mitigation project
A flood mitigation project in Crisfield is on pause. This comes after FEMA announced it is eliminating its Building Resilient ...
DOGE trumpets unemployment fraud that the government already found years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest government waste touted by billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government ...
What is a 100-year flood?
When forecasters warn about a 100-year or 500-year flood, it doesn’t mean it only happens once every century. A 100-year ...
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Saint Louis Zoo mourns loss of 100-year-old tortoise Othello
ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the loss of Othello, a beloved full-sized tortoise who was at least 100 years old at the time of his passing. Zoo officials say Othello was humanely ...
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Othello, Saint Louis Zoo's more than 100-year-old giant tortoise, dies
While the zoo didn't know his exact age, experts estimate he was well over 100 years old at the time of his death. The tortoises take several decades to reach full size, and Othello arrived in the ...
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100-year-old red sandalwood tree lost to rly project, HC orders Rs50L compensation to Yavatmal farmer
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered Central Railway to disburse Rs50 lakh as interim compensation to a farmer's family from Yavatmal district for the loss of a ...
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After 100 years, The Great Gatsby still reminds us of the ability of literature to transform everyday life
In autumn that year, he wrote to another friend about the novel’s cold reception: “At first, you know, I thought Gatsby must be a terrible failure.” The novel now is arguably over-canonised ...
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How a 100-year-old drag performance from Penn’s comedy troupe made music history
PHILADELPHIA — It was 100 years ago this month that “Joan of Arkansas” changed the course of recording history. That’s the title of the 1925 production from the University of Pennsylvania ...
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Critically Endangered Tortoise Is a First-Time Mom at Nearly 100 Years Old
The hatchlings are the first ever born in the Zoo’s 150-year history, and Mommy is the oldest documented member of her species to become a mother. More hatchlings could emerge in the coming ...
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Trump tariffs take effect, hiking trade levies to a 100-year high
Trump’s latest tariffs push levies imposed on China this year to as high as 104%, along with import taxes on roughly 60 trading partners that run trade surpluses with the U.S. That comes after a ...
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This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood
Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100 ... year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood ...