Environmental officials in us-regions are warning residents about tiny jellyfish that pack a powerful sting. The state Department of Environmental Management say clinging jellyfish have recently been found in Potter Pond in South Kingstown and Ninigret Pond in Charlestown. The agency said wild-nature are about the size of a dime and have an orange-brown cross…
Favorable weather early Wednesday aided the fight against a wildfire in us-regions that has forced evacuations in two counties. The size of the Electra Fire remained unchanged at about 6.1 square miles and containment doubled to 10%, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a daily report. “Humidity recovery in the early…
crime officers are investigating after an incendiary device exploded outside a mosque on Long Island, damaging a metallic crescent moon that is a symbol of Islam. A device similar to a Molotov cocktail exploded around midnight Sunday at the Masjid Fatima Al-Zahra mosque in Ronkonkoma, crime told Newsday. No one was injured, and the only…
A top Kremlin official warned the U.S. Wednesday that it could face the “wrath of God” if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia’s action in Ukraine, while the Russian lower house speaker urged Washington to remember that Alaska used to belong to Russia. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of…
A 6-year-old boy drowned at us-regionson July 4th, launching a criminal investigation by the La Marque Police Department. The child was taken to Mainland Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. crime was being rented at the time of the child’s drowning. There is no word of foul play as the investigation is underway. The…
us-regions said he plans to appeal a ruling that denied federal assistance for flooding in three counties. Justice said Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency ruled that May 6 storm damage was not severe enough to qualify for assistance in Cabell, Putnam and Roane counties. disasters in some places. Public and private property was…
The government said it will protect a rare freshwater mussel and the 36 miles of streams where it lives in eastern Alabama after a more than decadelong campaign by environmentalists to protect the animal from the threat of extinction. A notice from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the Canoe Creek clubshell, which lives…
An unusual number of seals are becoming stranded and dying off us-regions, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that samples from four Maine seals tested positive for the virus. The animals all died or required euthanasia, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said….
The federal government is shutting down fishing of a popular species of shark to try to give the animals a chance to recover from population decline. planet-earth shut down shortfin mako fishing on Tuesday. The big fish have long been prized by sport fishermen. They’re also popular with seafood fans, who have long used them…
The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in us-regions, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said. The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western…