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Beatrice Daily Sun1d

Nebraska, much of the central US under heat advisories

In Nebraska and southwest Iowa, the advisory is from 1 to 8 p.m. Large portions of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas are ...

Officials issue warning to more than 400,000 residents after dangerous chemicals found in drinking water: 'A lot of people don't know it'

More than 400,000 Illinois residents received a letter warning them that dangerous "forever chemicals" had been discovered in ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs over 100 bills into law

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring ...
Fort Frances Times4d

Manitoulin Island’s fragile future endangered in a warming Great Lakes basin

MANITOULIN—“We’ve passed too many boundaries,” David Suzuki said last week—not with thunder, but with the hush before a storm. After decades urging Canada to listen—to science, the land, ancestors—he ...

Aquifer protection, Chicago pension boost among more than 100 new laws

Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session.
Straight Arrow News4d

Texas Dems call redistricting a ‘heist,’ Abbott seeks arrests: Unbiased Updates, Aug. 5, 2025

Texas Democrats have left the state, fleeing to Illinois to block a controversial redistricting vote. Gov. Greg Abbott threatens arrests.

Residents outraged after government failed to warn of threat lurking in their drinking water: 'We could have protected ourselves'

Officials sent a letter to some 60,000 people across 11 communes in the Haut-Rhin region, warning them that drinking tap ...
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette10d

Forecasters urge limiting time outside as Southeast heats up

Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime. But this week's sweltering hot weather set at ...