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Inside testing done, soil sampling begins at Missouri school

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has completed testing inside a Missouri school closed amid concerns of radioactive contamination, and sampling of soil outside the school has begun

The Independent UK

Saltwater is moving up the Mississippi River. Here's what's being done to stop it

The saltwater is threatening drinking water supplies in the New Orleans metro area. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater levee to stop the intrusion.

WEKU

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy urges EPA to stop veto of Pebble mine

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to put the brakes on its effort to stop the giant Pebble copper and gold project.

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Corps to conduct further testing at contaminated school

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct new testing at a Missouri grade school to learn more about the level of radioactive contamination in the school and on its playground

The Independent UK

Radioactive waste finding raises worries at Missouri school

Radioactive waste in a creek that meanders through part of suburban St. Louis has long been suspected of causing rare cancers and other health problems for residents who live nearby

The Independent UK

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.

WEKU

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II

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Federal agency to help pay for Mississippi flood control

A federal agency has set aside money to help guard Mississippi’s capital city and surrounding areas against flood damage following two deluges in three years

The Independent UK

Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic

Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin

The Independent UK

Dennis Anderson: Flush with vegetation, restored Marsh Lake will welcome migrating ducks this fall

Win Mitchell has lived long enough to see the good times, bad times and good times again on Marsh Lake, a 5,000-acre bulge in the Minnesota River.

Tribune News Service

Delaware owns a small chunk of South Jersey

SOUTH JERSEY, or (maybe?) DELAWARE — In Salem County, New Jersey, about seven miles south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, a small chunk of land abuts the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Hardworking Princess Anne puts on brave face for first engagement since Queen's funeral

Princess Anne, long hailed as the hardest working member of the Royal Family, today visited Army officials at a Royal Navy base and barracks to thank them for their role in the funeral - despite there still being days left of the royal's official mourning period

Daily Mirror

Company: Legal settlement puts Okefenokee mine back on track

A company seeking to mine in southeast Georgia near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp says the project is back on track after a federal agency reversed a June decision that had temporarily blocked it

The Independent UK

A first: African American Marine promoted to 4-star general

The Marine Corps has its first African American four-star general

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Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

Roll Call

House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks - Roll Call

The House fiscal 2023 spending bills have 4,386 earmarks, for a total of $8.2 billion, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

Daily Mirror

Royal Marines head brands soldier a war criminal for killing wounded Taliban gunman

Sgt Alexander Blackman's actions were labelled as 'shocking and appalling' after he killed a wounded Taliban gunman during a trip to Afghanistan. Lt Gen Rob Magowan said it was 'a war crime'

The Independent UK

Aging dams could soon benefit from $7B federal loan program

The federal government is taking the first step to set up a program that could offer more than $7 billion of loans to repair aging dams across the country

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The Independent UK

17 years post-Katrina, New Orleans-area protections complete

Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections

The Hindu

Consultations on creation of Integrated Battle Groups being compiled: Army Chief Gen. Pande

Army has identified formations to be converted, Gen. Pande said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Backed ‘Eighth Brigade’ Arrests Hezbollah Agent in Southern Syria

The Eighth Brigade of the Russian-backed Corps, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, released the confessions of a Hezbollah operative admitting to his group plotting and carrying out assassinations in Daraa.

RideApart

Yotsukaido City, Japan, Calls On Super Cub 50s During Emergencies

Following the Great Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, Yotsukaido City formed The Disaster Prevention Motorcycle Corps to better respond to future disasters.

The Hindu

LAC situation: more communication at ground level, no pushing or physical contact, says Lt. Gen. Dwivedi

India now has strategic patience and we are negotiating from a position of strength, he says

The Independent UK

Condition of some US dams kept secret in national database

The condition ratings of thousands of dams across the U.S. remain a secret despite changes to improve the transparency of a national database

The Independent UK

Historic Black town lies one hurricane away from disaster

Historic Princeville, on the banks of the Tar River in eastern North Carolina, is one hurricane away from disaster

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