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Injured mother manatee and calf are rescued in Florida and taken to SeaWorld

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river in Florida and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation, officials said. Drone pilots provided the rescuers with an aerial view, guiding their boat toward the manatees on Wednesday, then ...

Target will stop selling cereals with synthetic colors by end of May

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May. The Minneapolis-based discounter said Friday it had been phasing out synthetic colors in cereals for several years. Right now, 85% of its cereal ...

Connecticut moves to crack down on bottle redemption fraud

It's a scheme made famous by a nearly 30-year-old episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. Hoping to earn a quick buck, two characters load a mail truck full of soda bottles and beer cans purchased with a redeemable 5-cent deposit in New York, before traveling to Michigan, where they can be recycled ...

Wave of California teacher strikes ‘is no coincidence’

If your child's teacher hasn't threatened to go on strike recently, they probably will soon. Thousands of California K-12 teachers have walked off their jobs or voted to strike in the past few months, as part of a strategic, statewide effort by the California Teachers Association to boost ...

Hawaiʻi can’t control ICE. Here’s what lawmakers want to do instead

Bitter national angst over the federal government's immigration tactics has pushed Hawaiʻi lawmakers in directions they weren't willing to go last year. That has kept alive a collection of bills intended to protect immigrants and limit cooperation between state and local agencies and federal ...

US plans to clear-cut in Michigan forest. Some fear for endangered species

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan The US Forest Service is proposing a massive project in a national forest in Michigan that would log land roughly the size of Detroit, expand gravel mining and build roads. The Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project would span about 40 ...

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA said Friday it's revamping its Artemis moon exploration program to make it more like the fast-paced Apollo program half a century ago, adding an extra practice flight before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew in two years. The overhaul ...