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While traveling on an Alaska railroad, familiar noises assailed Portia Duke’s ear: the squeaking, stressed brakes, the whistle sounding off, and the doors opening and closing. But having stopped in Willow on the way from Denali to Whittier, a totally unexpected tune perked the passenger up—a cat, mewling outside the window. Looking down, Duke saw […]
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As green as the Chardonnay grapes they grow, a winery along the base of California’s coastal Santa Lucia Mountains run entirely on wind power. The mountains’ unique geography keeps the area windy, which powers not only a large private wind turbine, but a delayed and elongated growing season that complicates and matures the flavor in […]
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The beleaguered city of Baltimore, once a posterchild for crime infested American cities, has seen substantial year on year reductions in homicides, with the current 2025 rate on track for a historic low. Through June, Baltimore has had 68 recorded homicides, which is the fewest in 50 years, said city mayor Brandon Scott. Through June […]
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