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FILE - A female red wolf emerges from her den sheltering newborn pups at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C., on May 13, 2019. On Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, the U.S. government agreed to settle a lawsuit with conservation groups and commit to releasing more endangered red wolves into the wilds of North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

U.S. commits to releasing more endangered red wolves into the wild, settling lawsuit

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

Auburn fans roll the iconic oak trees at Toomer's Corner with toilet paper after beating Lousiana-Monroe 31-28 in overtime of an NCAA college football game in Auburn, Ala., Sept. 15, 2012. Auburn fans will once again be able to celebrate victories by rolling the oak trees at Toomer’s Corner with toilet paper. Auburn had asked fans not to roll the new trees after their planting in Feburary 2017 until they were established enough to avoid damage. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Celebrating Auburn fans can once again heave toilet paper into Toomer’s Oaks

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In this undated photo provided by El Roi Haiti, Alix Dorsainvil, right, poses with her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, July 27, the organization said. (Courtesy of El Roi Haiti via AP)

American nurse and her young daughter freed, nearly two weeks after abduction in Haiti

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This photo provided by North Slope Borough Search and Rescue shows an aerial view of a shallow lake where a helicopter crashed on Alaska's North Slope near Utqiagvik, Alaska, on July 20, 2023. A helicopter that crashed on Alaska’s remote and vast North Slope in July, killing three state scientists and the pilot, stopped sending flight-status data to a real-time tracking system as it passed over the southeastern shoreline of an Arctic lake, according to a preliminary report on the crash released Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (North Slope Borough Search and Rescue via AP, File)

Federal report sheds new light on Alaska helicopter crash that killed 3 scientists, pilot

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE TO AUG. 8 - Smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Maui officials say wildfire in the historic town has burned parts of one of the most popular tourist areas in Hawaii. County of Maui spokesperson Mahina Martin said in a phone interview early Wednesday says fire was widespread in Lahaina, including Front Street, an area of the town popular with tourists. (Alan Dickar via AP)

Hawaii works to pause land transactions in area of deadly Maui wildfires. Follow live updates

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Members of a Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources wildland firefighting crew on Maui battle a fire in Kula, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Several Hawaii communities were forced to evacuate from wildfires that destroyed at least two homes as of Tuesday as a dry season mixed with strong wind gusts made for dangerous fire conditions. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP)

At least 271 structures damaged or destroyed in devastating Maui wildfire

By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. Biden is making the case that his policies of financial and tax incentives have revived U.S. manufacturing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden claims credit for clean energy ‘boom’ in bid to reset climate messaging, tout achievements

By Jeff Mordock and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Two soldiers lower the national flag during the daily flag ceremony on Liberty Square of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, July 30, 2022. China sent navy ships and a large group of fighter jets toward Taiwan, continuing its military pressure on the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

China sends ships and fighter jets toward Taiwan in new show of force

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A flooded area is seen in Crna na Koroskem, Slovenia, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The floods were caused by torrential rains on Friday which caused rivers to swell swiftly and burst into houses, fields and towns. Slovenia's weather service said a month's worth of rain fell in less than a day. Experts say extreme weather conditions are partly fueled by climate change. (AP Photo)

EU leader visits flood-ravaged Slovenia to discuss help in rebuilding

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In this photo taken from video and released by the Administration of Sergiev Posad municipal district of Moscow region telegram channel on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, smoke rises from the Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant in the city of Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, about 65 km (41miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said at least 31 people were injured after a warehouse containing pyrotechnics exploded at a factory north of Moscow. Russian social media channels shared footage that showed huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air and shattered windows. (Administration of Sergiev Posad municipal district of Moscow region telegram channel via AP) ** FILE **

Large explosion rocks factory, creates mushroom-like cloud near Moscow; dozens injured

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden moties after speaking where he signed a proclamation designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I'Tah Kukveni National Monument at the Red Butte Airfield Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Tusayan, Ariz.

Biden falsely boasts he declared a national climate emergency

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

CORRECTS DATE TO AUG. 8 - People watch as smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Maui officials say wildfire in the historic town has burned parts of one of the most popular tourist areas in Hawaii. County of Maui spokesperson Mahina Martin said in a phone interview early Wednesday says fire was widespread in Lahaina, including Front Street, an area of the town popular with tourists. (Alan Dickar via AP)

Hawaii wildfires burn through historic town, forcing some to seek safety in the ocean

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, near the city of Belem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2023. The two-day Amazon Summit opens Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Belem, where Brazil hosts policymakers and others to discuss how to tackle the immense challenges of protecting the Amazon and stemming the worst of climate change. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge action from industrialized world

By Fabiano Maisonnave and David Biller - Associated Press

A livestock helicopter pilot rounds up wild horses from the Fox & Lake Herd Management Area on July 13, 2008, in Washoe County, Nev., near the town on Empire, Nev. A legal battle over the U.S. government's ongoing capture of thousands of wild horses in Nevada, where over two dozen mustangs have died in a weekslong roundup goes before a judge Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, as opponents try to prove it's illegal and should be stopped. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, File)

U.S. judge to hear legal battle over Nevada mustang roundup where 31 wild horses have died

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

FILE - A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a sweltering hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, July 16, 2023. European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

European scientists make it official. July was the hottest month on record by far

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

The Grand Canyon is seen while in flight from Air Force One, with President Joe Biden aboard, en route to Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden will announce a historic Grand Canyon monument designation during his Arizona visit

By Chris Megerian and Terry Tang - Associated Press

The Grand Canyon is seen while in flight from Air Force One, with President Joe Biden aboard, en route to Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden designates tribal lands in Grand Canyon as a national monument

By Jeff Mordock and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An investigator examines the hillside where two helicopters collided in Cabazon, Calif., on Monday, August 7, 2023. Emergency officials say two firefighting helicopters collided while responding to a blaze in Southern California, sending one to the ground in a crash that killed all three people on board. The other helicopter landed safely after the collision Sunday. (Taya Gray/The Desert Sun via AP )

Biden pays tribute to California firefighters, pilot who died in helicopter crash

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A home hangs over the edge of an eroded riverbank after part of the neighboring house fell into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The city of Juneau says the Mendenhall River flooded on Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska's capital city, and at least two buildings were destroyed. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire via AP)

House collapses in Alaska after glacial flooding

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I'Tah Kukveni National Monument at the Red Butte Airfield Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nuclear power emerges as most reliable clean energy; reactors helping Biden reach emissions goals

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times