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Photographer Spends 20 Years Capturing the Wildlife of Yosemite
PetaPixel - California
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September 11, 2025
Robb Hirsch A photographer who has spent over 20 years documenting California’s Yosemite Park has pulled together an incredible collection of wildlife photos for a new book. PetaPixel spoke to photographer Robb Hirsch who worked with author Beth...
Notes: Jamestown Arts Center to screen Manhattan Short Film Festival as Rhode Island’s sole venue
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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September 9, 2025
Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year. 🚨 You need to know The Jamestown Arts Center will serve as Rhode Island’s exclusive venue for the 27th annual Manhattan Short Film...
What does the stop-work order on Revolution Wind mean for Rhode Islanders?
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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September 9, 2025
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. In August an order from the Department of the Interior stopped...
Rhode Island Weather for September 8, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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September 8, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure builds in from the northwest behind the cold frontal passage, and will bring in dry and pleasant continental air. Highs in the low 70’s and lows in the low 50’s with a light northerly breeze. It’s an...
Why humans present bigger threat to wildlife in Alligator Alcatraz region
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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Government officials have described the Big Cypress National Preserve, where a migrant detention center is located, as dangerous and inhospitable terrain. Critics argue this rhetoric is exaggerated and that the detention center itself poses a...
Portsmouth legislator among Rhode Island lawmakers honored for food policy work
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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September 8, 2025
Two Rhode Island legislators, including Portsmouth Rep. Michelle McGaw, received recognition Monday for their efforts to strengthen the state’s local food system. The Rhode Island Food Policy Council presented its annual Changemaker awards to Sen....
Forget Nancy Meyers summer, I'm moving onto Nora Ephron fall – here's how to bring her cozy, layered, rom-com aesthetic home this season
Homes & Gardens
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September 13, 2025
This summer, the Nancy Meyers aesthetic held my home (and garden) in a chokehold. But now that the warmer weather is slipping away, I've found myself wanting to swap Nancy's breezier nature for something much cozier for fall. And while the Meyers...
Rhode Island Weather for September 7, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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September 7, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday’s cold front stalls out and combines with low pressure off the coast generating a continual rain through the early evening hours. Highs noticeably cooler, reaching only the mid 60’s and evening lows in the...
Big Weather Gear appointed by Henri-Lloyd in USA
Sail-World
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September 10, 2025
by Henri-Lloyd 10 Sep 07:25 PDT Henri-Lloyd will be making a high-profile return to the US market with the appointment of Big Weather Gear as its new retail partner. The latest technical apparel collection from Henri-Lloyd will be showcased at the...
US energy secretary signals active talks on stalled wind project off Rhode Island
Splash 247
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September 8, 2025
US energy secretary Chris Wright has stated that the Trump administration is discussing the future of Ørsted’s Revolution Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. The Trump administration was 80% complete when a stop-work order was...
Dominion , VSCC propose new rates for residents, data centers
Lake Gaston Gazette-Observer - North Carolina
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RICHMOND - Dominion Energy and the Virginia State Corporation Commission last week began a multi-day hearing to evaluate a proposed energy rate increase for homeowners. The proposed energy cost increase is part of a biennial review that could see...
Mortgage costs rise as interest rates climb
Arizona Capitol Times
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September 13, 2025
The average American homeowner with a mortgage paid more than $2,000 in monthly costs in 2024, about a 4% increase over the previous year when accounting for inflation, according to government data released Thursday. The data from the U.S. Census...
Why climate change could ramp up our sugar intake
The University of Rhode Island
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September 10, 2025
Any kid can tell you there is nothing quite as delicious on a sweltering summer day as an ice cream cone. But scientists have now discovered just how much America’s sweet tooth is stoked by higher temperatures - with implications for a warming...
Weekend forecast: Some unsettled weather as a tricky storm system moves in
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Just as one storm system missed out on providing Southern New England with significant rain this week, another system is headed our way that could produce some unsettled weather the second half of the weekend. First, Friday looks gorgeous with...
Q&A: Guitarist Ryan Lee Crosby on how he discovered Bentonia blues
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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September 13, 2025
Singer-songwriter Ryan Lee Crosby calls his latest album an “authentically made modern-day analog field recording of a century-old blues tradition.” The new album, “At the Blue Front,” was released Aug. 20 and recorded at the Blue Front Cafe —...
Lawmakers must find funding to keep open crisis, suicide lifelinesDawn Allen
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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September is Suicide Prevention Month, highlighting the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Since July 2022, Rhode Island's 988 hotline has answered over 65,000 calls with a 98% answer rate. Suicide was the second leading cause of death for young...
Medical Support Dispatched to 10 Countries Over Past Week
Direct Relief
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September 12, 2025
By Tori Gordon Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 527 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 10 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 733,697 defined daily doses of medication. Medications and...
Rhode Island Weekend Weather, Sept. 6/7, 2025 – Jack Donnelly
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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September 6, 2025
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Saturday 9/6/25: Southerly flow will introduce more humidity that will also help fuel some showery activity along an advancing cold front sweeping in from the northwest. Rain begins around 6pm and lasts through the...
Administration actively fights climate remediation
The Aspen Daily News - Colorado
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Editor: The Trump administration’s approach to climate solutions has gone from passive disapproval to active combat. On Sept. 6, federal immigration officials attacked a Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Georgia, arresting 475 workers...
Rhode Island beaches hosted tiny gelatinous visitors this summer: salps
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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September 5, 2025
This summer, beachgoers across Rhode Island noticed something a little different in the water: tiny gelatinous blobs – smaller than a marble – floating in the waves and washing up onshore. But these squishy spheres were not jellyfish. Instead,...