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Isle Royale wolf relocation project done for the year
Bad weather shuts down trapping and transfer to the island.
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Watch drone video of devastation left in Mexico Beach
One of the hardest-hit spots in Florida is Mexico Beach, where Michael crashed ashore Wednesday as a Category 4 monster with 155 mph (250 kph) winds.
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Limousine service operator charged in crash that killed 20
A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges.
'Catching some hell': Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Powerful Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive march inland across the Southeast.
Business
As cannabis market heats up, scientists race to build 'weed biofactories'
Cannabis demand driving push for cheaper methods.
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Minnesota Red Cross aids hurricane relief efforts
The Red Cross also said it's in need of blood donations from around the nation.
Business
Fondness for American cheese is melting away
U.S. food outlets are abandoning the century-old American staple, with many replacing it with fancier cheeses.
Major Hurricane Michael bearing down on Florida Panhandle
Fast and furious Hurricane Michael barreled toward the Florida Panhandle late Tuesday night with 125 mph winds and a potentially catastrophic storm surge of 13 feet, giving tens of thousands of people precious little time to board up and get out.
Nation
High tide and winds as Hurricane nears Florida
An unusually high tide was reported on Florida's west coast as Hurricane Michael approaches the state. WINK NEWS in Ft. Myers reported that tides were high on Tuesday. Waves could be seen washing up to the front of the seaside Cottage Bar in Ft. Myers Beach. The hurricane is expected to make landfall hundreds of miles to the north.
Nation
Connecticut man cleans out wallet, finds winning $1 million lottery ticket
Time was running out to claim the Powerball prize.
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Minnesota safeguards aim to keep unsafe limos, drivers off the road
State-issued decals show which for-hire limos have been registered with MnDOT and passed an annual safety inspection.
Nation
California enters peak fire season with Delaware-sized burn scar
California is poised to set an annual record it never wanted to break: the amount of earth scorched by wildfires.
Cuomo says limo shouldn't have been on road; victims mourned
The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and shouldn't have been on the road, and the driver wasn't properly licensed, New York's governor said Monday.
Minneapolis
Body of missing Mpls. man believed to be found in Austin, Texas
Christopher White was visiting college friends and attending a music festival in Austin, Texas.
20 dead in crash of limo headed to a birthday celebration
A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims' relatives said Sunday.
McConnell says Senate 'not broken' after Kavanaugh fight
Picking up the pieces after a contentious nomination battle, the Senate's majority leader said Sunday that the chamber won't be irreparably damaged by the wrenching debate over sexual misconduct that has swirled around new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh confirmation all but sure after long, bitter fight
After weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests, a pair of wavering senators declared Friday they will back Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation, all but guaranteeing the deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation's highest court on Saturday.
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