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11 Beautiful, Flourishing Downtowns Brought Back To Life After Being Ruined By Freeways

Major freeways can impact neighborhood poverty rates, residents' health, and crime. Here's why some downtowns got rid of ...
ABC News

Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns JUNEAU, Alaska -- JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Resurrect 40,000-Year-Old Microbes From Alaskan Permafrost. What They Found Raised Worries About the Future of a Warming Arctic

Scientists gathered samples from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in central Alaska. Tristan Caro Roughly 40,000 years ago, microbes went dormant in a rock-like ...
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Morning scenes inside ILWU Local 19 hall during week of WTO protests - Independent Media Center World Trade Organization Footage

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New York MTA completes first phase of Park Avenue Viaduct rebuild

Metro-North Railroad trains meet on the Park Avenue Viaduct near the 125th Street Station in Harlem while an MTA maintenance crew works on the easternmost track in August 2019. The MTA has completed ...