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Police in Guthrie, Oklahoma, have “quite a few unanswered questions” after a traffic stop of a stolen car reveals an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a timber rattlesnake, and a canister of uranium. President Trump’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommends that it perform fewer inspections at US nuclear facilities, a move promoted by the nuclear industry. Berkeley, California, bans gas hookups in most new construction. A record-breaking 1.8 million people object to the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove endangered species protections for the gray wolf. Retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a champion of environmental causes, dies at age 99. Police in Wellington, New Zealand, are called to remove two blue penguins from a sushi truck in the city’s train station. |
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