6,000 acres continue burning in Chalk Mountain wildfire in Somervell County
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Viral video captures elephants springing to action to save calf drowning in pool
In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, two elephants can be seen rushing to save a drowning baby elephant. In what appears to be footage from Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea’s capital, the calf can be seen falling into a large pool of water. An adult elephant who is thought to be the baby elephant’s mother begins to panic, and another adult elephant rushes over.
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These six Kansas creeks and streams will be renamed because of slur to indigenous women
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Flash flooding closes road in San Bernardino County
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- Bloomberg
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NHC watching system of low pressure east of Florida, 4 tropical waves in Atlantic basin
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- The Guardian
‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years
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- Time
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And the winner is... Cincinnati Zoo reveals name of baby hippo
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Jumping invasive fish can lay 5 million eggs — and have hurt boaters on Missouri river
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Florida, Texas, Central US could see biggest increase in hot days, new modeling shows
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History uncovered: Fossils older than dinosaurs, and a religious refuge
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