Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard April 29, 2025 By Rachel Morison and William Mathis It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst...
Spain and Portugal Hit With Worst European Blackout in Years April 28, 2025 By Laura Millan, Macarena Munoz and Thomas Gualtieri Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone...
Louisville, Other Parts of Kentucky Brace for More Flooding as Rivers Crest April 8, 2025 The Ohio River is expected to crest Tuesday night at historically high levels, exacerbating flooding that has already swamped hundreds...
Atlanta Gets a Handle on Broken Water Main That Left Parts of the City Dry June 5, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems weren’t over Monday. Milena Franco, who lives in the...
FAU Gets Grant to Study Seaweed Harvesting, Just as Blobs Approach South Florida April 24, 2024 Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are using a $1.3 million grant to see if huge blobs of seaweed can be...
NC Governor’s Pandemic Rules for Bar Closures Were ‘Illogical’ Court Says April 18, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain...
Markets/Coverages: Falvey Launches Commercial Output Insurance March 5, 2024 Falvey Insurance Group announced the launch of Commercial Output insurance – coverage designed to cater to the diverse insurance needs...
Mississippi Businesses, Cities Sue to Protect Dolphins From Louisiana Spillway January 26, 2024 By Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi...
Online Rumors Partly to Blame for Water Pressure Drop in Jackson, Manager Says January 22, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people...
New North Carolina Laws on Rioting, Power Station Attacks, Guns Take Effect December 4, 2023 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New or tougher criminal penalties against rioting, vandalizing power stations and harassing law enforcement officers and...