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HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say …

HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say will …

A Russian cosmonaut and his colleague venturing outside the International Space Station (ISS) on a spacewalk were told to ‘immediately’ leave the area after finding a ‘blob’ in space. Astronauts are trained not to panic, but we bet their hearts still skipped a beat or two. In the end, everything went well. And they eventually learned what the ‘blob’ actually …

Floods unearth dinosaur tracks in Sandy Creek area  KVUE Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods  KUT Dinosaur tracks may have been uncovered by Independence Day floods in Central Texas  KXAN Austin Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods  MySA Volunteer helping residents after devastating flooding uncovers possible dinosaur tracks  WWNY Source link

Several massive, three-toed footprints etched in limestone were discovered near Big Sandy Creek during cleanup after the July 5 flood. Some of the dinosaur tracks were hidden by brush; others had been covered in sediment that was scoured away by floodwaters. “It’s one of those sort of bittersweet things about our job, is that it’s the cataclysmic events that often …

The Seattle Seahawks get their 2025 NFL preseason underway on Thursday night at 7 pm PT against the Las Vegas Raiders. If you’re not caught up on how television rights work for preseason vs. regular season, then you’ll want to at least bookmark this page for the rest of August. All Seahawks games will be broadcast locally in Seattle on …

Wildfire smoke brings hazy skies and cool air to D.C. area  The Washington Post Air quality alerts in place across 10 states as heat warnings issued in Southwest  6abc Philadelphia Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts From Central Canada to the Northeastern U.S.  The New York Times Air Quality Alert: Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings hazy conditions to Philadelphia area  FOX 29 Philadelphia Air quality …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Washington, D.C.-area statues commemorating the Confederacy will be restored and replaced, in line with President Donald Trump’s pushback on recent efforts to reframe America’s historical narrative. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a statue commemorating the Confederacy would be returned to Arlington National Cemetery. The statue, which Hegseth referred to as “The Reconciliation Monument,” was …

This image provided by Joseph Nikhil Reddy shows flames rising nearly to the top of a Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train car at the Newport station in Jersey City, N.J., Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (Joseph Nikhil Reddy via AP) This image provided by Joseph Nikhil Reddy shows flames rising nearly to the top of a Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train …

Small earthquake shakes the New York area. USGS says magnitude was 3.0  WGRZView Full Coverage on Google News Source link