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Barack Obama Elementary Closed Indefinitely After Mold Found

Remediation with repeated air-quality testing will determine when students and staff can safely return.

ICE Withdraws Plans to Convert Two Pennsylvania Warehouses Into Detention Centers

Rotting Food and Pest Plague Boyle Heights After Lineage Warehouse Fire

Thousands of Black Caterpillars Drive Some Residents From Their Homes in Tineo

Detmold Outdoor Pools Reopen After Oak Processionary Moth Clearances

Crematorium in Santa Fe Partly Restarts After Valve Fault Left Dozens Waiting

Judge Orders Ford City Mall Closed After Safety Findings

Toxic Oak Caterpillars Close Parks and Playgrounds Across Berlin

Paita Sewage Spill Inundates Streets and Reaches Sea, Affecting More Than 300 Properties

Kerala Police Probe Septic Waste Dumped in RMP Leader’s Well in Nadapuram

Hundreds Protest Wirral CO2 Pipeline Plan at Peak Cluster Consultation

Clinton River Flooding Recedes in Utica After Overnight Storms

San Diego Leader Urges Newsom to Declare State Emergency Over Tijuana River Toxic Gas Crisis

After Zille’s Pothole Swim, Johannesburg Repairs Burst Pipe and Fills Hole

Cheine Mercury Find: First Tests Show No Contamination in Homes

Two Die of Suspected Asphyxiation in Kalaburagi Septic Tank as Police Open Probe

Loreto Seizes Toilet-Paper ‘Milanesas’ at Festival, Bans Vendor

Ventura Lifts 'Do Not Use' Water Order in Pierpont After False Positive Gasoline Test

Unterhaching Halts Kubiz Overhaul After Asbestos Discovery as Project Slips to 2027

Over 300 Human Remains Found Stacked in Las Vegas-Area Home Tied to Funeral Operator