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RI Energy hopes to build 1200MW offshore wind farm

FILE - Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved the project, to be located in federal waters about 15 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I, and south of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Expert: RI manatee likely on its way back home

(Left) A manatee in Rhode Island is just below the surface of the water. The close-up photo shows the animal's eyes and its whiskered snout. (Right) The manatee in Rhode Island pokes its nose out of the water.

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RI Energy hopes to build 1200MW offshore wind farm

FILE - Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved the project, to be located in federal waters about 15 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I, and south of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Expert: RI manatee likely on its way back home

(Left) A manatee in Rhode Island is just below the surface of the water. The close-up photo shows the animal's eyes and its whiskered snout. (Right) The manatee in Rhode Island pokes its nose out of the water.

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McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling …

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, and other GOP members, talks to reporters just after voting to advance appropriations bills on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023. McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday, Sept. 30. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian …

Posters and placards left by Lebanese-Armenian protesters are displayed near the Azerbaijani Embassy, after a protest to denounce the Azerbaijani military offensive that recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh from the separatist Armenian authorities in the enclave, in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. A 24-hour Azerbaijani blitz last week forced Armenian separatist authorities to sit down for talks on Nagorno-Karabakh's "reintegration" into Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Algeria expands English-language learning as France’s …

Schoolchildren attend a class Tuesday, Sept.19, 2023 in the Ben Omar district of Algiers. More tan 11 millions student are back to school Tuesday. (AP Photo/Str)

Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime …

People wait for a bus by an election billboard for "SaS" (Freedom and Solidarity) party in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. The billboard reads: 'SaS economic growth for the east'. Slovakia holds early parliamentary elections on Saturday Oct. 30, 2023, with a populist former prime minister Robert Fico and his scandal-tainted party "SMER" (Direction) favored to win after campaigning on a clear pro-Russian and anti-American message. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Navy issues written reprimands for fuel spill that …

FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 23, 2021. On Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, the Navy issued written reprimands to three now-retired military officers for their roles in the spill of jet fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water in 2021, but did not fire, suspend, dock the pay or reduce the rank of anyone for the incident. (Petty Officer 1st Class Luke McCall/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

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Democratic rising stars rally around Biden’s reelection. …

FILE - President Joe Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom wait for reporters to leave the room during a discussion on managing the risks of Artificial Intelligence during an event in San Francisco, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Traveling with Milley: A reporter recalls how America’s …

Associated Press reporter Tara Copp, second from left, stands with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, third from left, and his wife Hollyanne, as they pause at the Normandy American Cemetery gravesite of Pfc. Terry Harris, Copp's great-uncle, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2023. Copp was covering Milley's last trip to Normandy as a U.S. soldier. Milley served in both airborne divisions who jumped into Normandy on June 6, 1944, and commanded the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was Harris' unit. (Oren Lieberman/CNN via AP)

Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP …

FILE - James Craig, a former Detroit police chief, announces he is a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, on Sept. 14, 2021, in Detroit. Craig is planning to announce a Republican bid for U.S. Senate in Michigan next week, according to two people familiar with the matter. Craig retired from his position as Detroit's police chief in 2021 to pursue a run for governor. He was a leading candidate until a signature fraud controversy knocked him and four others off the ballot. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for …

FILE - Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., speaks as he and members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus denounce the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment …

Witnesses are sworn in before the House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School, Eileen O'Connor, former Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, Bruce Dubinsky, with Dubinsky Consulting, and Michael Gerhardt, Burton, Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Blinken meets Indian foreign minister as row between …

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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Live updates |Ryder Cup gets going with noise and …

Fans wait in the stands for the start of the first morning Foursome match on the 1st tee at the Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

David Montgomery runs wild as Lions beat Packers …

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) is hit as he passes in front of Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (97) during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Orioles clinch the AL East title with their 100th …

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tyler Wells, right, reacts after recording the final out in a 2-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game to win the AL East championship, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Travis Hunter, Colorado State safety whose hit landed …

Colorado cornerback Travis Hunter runs against TCU during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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