About 1,000 black birds fell from the sky over Beebe on Friday night, the birds fall from sky in Beebe Game and Fish Commission said in a news release Saturday. Around 11:30 p.m., the commission began receiving phone calls about the birds, most of which were dead and fell over a 1-mile span, the release [...]
BP Plc put profits over safety and is responsible for the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion that set off the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, lawyers suing the company said in a new court filing. BP and other companies connected to the well “ignored crucial safety issues, cut corners and violated federal and [...]
People have celebrated America Recycles Day on Nov. 15. It was Texas that gave the nation the idea in the first place. Texas Recycles Day began in 1994, when Kevin Tuerff and Valerie Davis — who worked at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – waged a six-week campaign to boost recycling in the state. [...]
Hurricane Tomas reached hurricane strength in the Caribbean early Friday as it headed toward earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said some additional strengthening is expected. At 4 a.m. ET, Hurricane Tomas was located about 175 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was moving northeast [...]
Hurricane Tomas weakens in the Caribbean, but threatens to hit an already battered Haiti late this week, US forecasters say. Maximum sustained winds decreased to 120 km/h, making Tomas just barely a category one hurricane on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale. It was moving west over open sea at 19 km/h and was expected to continue [...]