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Hawaii volcano eruption prompts people to prepare

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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Waves of glowing orange lava and smoldering ash spewed and spat Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told residents of the Big Island of Hawaii to be prepared in the event of a worst-case scenario. Mauna Loa’s eruption did not immediately …

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Florida’s alarming manatee death toll prompts claims for endangered species status

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The death of nearly 2,000 manatees in Florida’s coastal and inland waterways over the past two years has prompted an alliance of environmental groups to demand an urgent reclassification of the species as an officially endangered species. Advocates, led by the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, insist the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) made …

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