BELHAVEN, N.C. — The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles. It’s an idyllic setting in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch
READ MOREPHOENIX — National Park Service officials expect to restore a reliable water supply in the Grand Canyon in weeks — not months — as the deadly flash flood didn’t damage most of a near-complete pipeline project, they said Tuesday. Officials said that they were just over a month away from completing a major upgrade to
READ MOREHONOLULU — Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii’s western islands early Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes. Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of Hurricane Marie were expected to stick around for several days. In Hawaii, the islands of Kauai
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