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☆ U.S. border agent accused of ordering women to show him their breasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A U.S. border patrol agent in New York has been accused of ordering women to show him their breasts and claiming that it was part of his officials duties, authorities said. According to prosecutors, Millan told three women to expose their bare chests to him over a web camera while he was processing their applications to enter the country. A fourth woman was ordered to show him her breasts with her bra on, prosecutors said. Millan told the women that exposing their breasts was part of the process of being admitted into the United States, but it was actually for his own gratification, the prosecutors said. A message seeking comment was sent to the federal public defender’s office for northern New York, which represented Millan at his arraignment.

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☆ From hunter to guardian: How the ‘Snakeman of India’ found his way into wildlife conservation
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Michelle Cohan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Whitaker would go on to earn the nickname “Snakeman of India,” and spend more than six decades dedicated to reptile research and conservation. His field work with snakes and crocodiles ultimately led his conservation efforts to help save India’s rainforests. We tell people when they’re working in the field, when they’re doing agriculture, use a stick. Romulus Whitaker teaches the next generation about reptiles at his conservation organization, Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, in southern India. And it’s wonderful to realize that dozens, if not hundreds, of young people have continued to do wonderful work with reptiles.

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☆ Affordable internet gave Native Americans a way to preserve community and culture. Now it’s another broken promise
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Within weeks, the two-year-old US Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is set to run out of funds, and Congress appears unlikely to authorize more. Even as many older and rural Americans may be thrust into financial hardship due to the ACP’s collapse, indigenous communities could fare even worse. Because tribal members can now work remotely, they are no longer forced to move away from their communities to seek opportunity, they told CNN. For example, Mitchell said, after decades of decline in Mohawk fluency, a growing number of tribal members are now involved in online language immersion. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Seth Wenig/AP/FileInstead, some say, the collapse of the ACP will become another stain on the US government’s centuries-long track record of breaking promises to tribal communities.

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☆ Millions of people are traveling to see the total eclipse. Hotels, motels, and skydiving operators are making bank on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAs millions of Americans get ready to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday — an event NASA has described as rare and "spectacular" — the phenomenon stands to lift local economies. According to NASA, this year's eclipse is set to last three to four minutes, longer than the last solar eclipse, in 2017. Former President Donald Trump looked up at the solar eclipse without glasses during the last eclipse. The glasses sold for $1.50 to $2 apiece. "We've shipped already about 70 million glasses, and I suspect I'm going to approach right at 75 million by the time next week comes," Jerit said.

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Although the heaviest snow has ended, several more inches of snow are expected across large swaths of Maine and New Hampshire, according to the National Weather Service. “Low pressure in the Gulf of Maine will continue to bring accumulating snow through this evening along with gusty northeast winds,” the National Weather Service said. “Winds will also remain gusty and may result in additional downed branches and limbs due to the weight of freshly fallen snow,” the weather service added. Winter storm warnings and advisories have been extended for parts of New England through Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. “Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing,” the weather service notes.

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☆ Storm Brings Heavy Snow to Northern New York and Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Rebecca Carballo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A storm system on Saturday brought heavy rain to the Northeast and heavy snow to parts of New England and Northern New York, leaving more than 300,000 households in several states without electricity. More than 194,000 electricity customers in Maine, more than 71,000 customers in New Hampshire and more than 78,000 in New York State had lost power as of early Sunday morning, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks power failures. In New York City, the heavy rain and snow cleared overnight, according to the National Weather Service. But a flood advisory for parts of New Jersey and New York City was in effect until 5 a.m.A flood warning had also been issued for Warren County, N.J., until 8:30 a.m. Such a warning, a higher level than an advisory, means that flooding is imminent or occurring.

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☆ New Yorkers Digging Out From Snowfall That Challenged Records
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Megan Barr and Amanda Johnston snowshoe through Buffalo’s snow-covered streets after an intense lake-effect snowstorm in western and northern New York. Residents of western and northern New York began digging out Sunday from snowfall that was among the most intense on record, even as bad weather continued in other parts of the state. Many cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario were buried in as much as 5 feet and in some places 6 feet of snow by two powerful lake-effect storms.

☆ Snow Storms Batter Western and Northern New York
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A resident clears waist-high snow in front of his home in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday. Two powerful storms blowing off the Great Lakes have dumped over 5 feet of snow on parts of western and northern New York, with more bad weather to come. Buffalo issued a citywide travel ban Saturday after receiving 17 additional inches of snow overnight, bringing its total to 30 inches since the lake-effect storm began late Thursday.

☆ Powerful Snowstorms Batter Western and Northern New York
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

It was slow going on a Buffalo, N.Y., street on Saturday as western New York braced for more snow. Two powerful storms blowing off the Great Lakes have dumped more than 5 feet of snow on parts of western and northern New York, with more bad weather to come. Towns just south of Buffalo were walloped as a snowstorm blew in from Lake Erie, with one area topping 77 inches as of Saturday morning.

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