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Hurricane Laura hit an area with dozens of major refineries and chemical plants, which emitted millions of pounds of extra air pollution.

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.

Judge Gloria Navarro found that prosecutors willfully withheld evidence that could have helped the defendants, who were charged in the 2014 armed standoff over cattle grazing fees in Nevada.

There is still a scramble to lock down enough votes for GOP leaders to pass their overhaul of the nation's tax code. The bill is a work in progress on the Senate floor today.

Gov. Andy Beshear said at least three people died after heavy rains caused flash flooding and mudslides in parts of eastern Kentucky.

Earlier this year, state lawmakers proposed a developer-backed bill to remove protections on more than half of Tennessee’s wetlands. That bill was defeated, but another version of the bill is expected by spring.

A bear attack was initially suspected in Dustin Kjersem’s death. But police now say he was killed by a man he had just met — and that a beer can offered by Kjersem provided critical DNA evidence.

Jay Field is a reporter for MPBN Radio based in the network’s Bangor bureau. In his reporting for the network’s flagship program, Maine Things Considered, Field enjoys exploring how real people’s lives are impacted by the unique policy challenges, economic, education, natural resource and otherwise, that come with daily life in a rural state.

Brett Kelman joined KHN after 15 years of beat reporting at three newspapers in the USA Today Network, most recently covering health care, the opioid crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic for The Tennessean in Nashville. At The Pacific Daily News in Guam, his reporting was directly responsible for the arrest of three police officers who aided in a human trafficking conspiracy. In California, he was a contributor to The Wall, a Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of the border wall proposed by former president Donald Trump. He is a graduate of the University of Florida.

As KUNC’s reporter covering the Colorado River Basin, I dig into stories that show how water issues can both unite and divide communities throughout the Western U.S. I produce feature stories for KUNC and a network of public media stations in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada.