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National Weather Service confirms tornado struck Atlantic Beach on Long Island

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado struck Long Island’s Atlantic Beach Thursday evening.  “Radar data, video of the waterspout coming onshore, and damage reports in the vicinity of the Sun and Surf Beach club in Atlantic Beach allow for confirmation of a tornadic touchdown in this area,” the National Weather Service said in a statement Friday…

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Aisha Wahab wins special election to serve out remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term, AP projects

In a special election, Bay Area voters have chosen state Sen. Aisha Wahab to carry out the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term, The Associated Press projects.   Wahab will represent California’s 14th Congressional District until January 2027. New vote totals from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters indicate Wahab’s lead over Bay Area…

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What’s happening at Big Bend? The fight to protect one of America’s last wild places

Alpine, Texas — Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park, West Texas’s wild crown jewel.  What followed was an unlikely revolt against President Trump’s decade-old promise to build a wall. Cattle ranchers, environmentalists, sheriffs, Republican senators and country singers…

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Shapiro on placing guardrails on AI data centers in Pennsylvania: “I don’t want developers running roughshod”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro doesn’t want data center developers “running roughshod” in Pennsylvania communities, he said, explaining his decision to sign an executive order on Tuesday limiting data centers in the commonwealth, after he previously worked to bring AI data centers to Pennsylvania.  Appearing on “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday, Shapiro said that increasingly, he’s seeing developers…

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