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Industry groups and Maine lawmakers are warning that a pending environmental regulation would decimate rural communities along the state's coast that rely on the lobster industry.

Severe heat in the summer has created a nationwide drought, which has dried up 1,200 wells in California and a number of major rivers that feed into the Mississippi River.

The state of Maine and fishing groups in the state are appealing a ruling from a federal judge that shot down a lawsuit to overturn a new rule that aims to protect endangered whales.

The Maine Lobstering Union has dropped part of its lawsuit against the federal government regarding new restrictions that protect whales.

Power breakfast brand Kodiak Cakes is teaming up with Vital Ground Foundation to donate funds to conserving grizzly bear habitats in the Rocky Mountain West.

Twitter and Facebook said Friday that they will be deleting any videos of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Partnership for New York City president and CEO Kathryn Wylde says Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hocul, NYPD and MTA leadership need public support for stronger measures ranging from "prosecution of fare evasion to ankle bracelets for felons awaiting trial to institutionalization of the seriously mentally ill."

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the price of diesel has nearly doubled over the past two years, from averaging $2.40 per gallon in 2020, to more than $4.00 dollars per gallon this year.

A Florida banker, the son of a Venezuelan billionaire, jumped off a 60-foot fishing boat Saturday to try and save his fiancée, who had fallen overboard.

Authorities in Germany this week seized a lavish $600 million yacht belonging to a Russian oligarch, according to reports.

American gun sales remained strong in 2021, with nearly 19 million firearms sold legally in the U.S., the second highest total over the past two decades, according to new research from the home and personal safety group SafeHome.

Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims agreed to a $73 million settlement and are now turning their focus to eliminating gun advertisements.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, and he commissioned the world’s largest sailing yacht — so big that in order to get it out to sea, he’s offering to pay to take apart and reassemble a historic bridge that it needs to pass to get out of Rotterdam.

Media reports on Wednesday claimed that Bezos would pay for the city to dismantle the middle section of its historic bridge for the billionaire's superyacht.

Bezos will pay for the bridge's middle section to be removed, which will take a few weeks and likely start in the summer.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that a special bighorn sheep game tag sold for $345K at auction.

Fans can apply online for the position at the outpost located on an 8,600-acre plot of land near Mountain City.

It's hunting season, but this year, the real hunt is for ammo. Hunters say if you don't already have ammunition, it's going to be nearly impossible to find without paying a price.

California on Tuesday lifted a fishing ban that was implemented after an oil spill in Huntington Beach spread up and down the south coast, sparking fears of a major environmental disaster.

The Coast Guard received a report of lost cargo from the Zim Kingston at around midnight Thursday night.