Carfentanil, a powerful opioid used to sedate elephants, is being blamed for a record spike in drug overdoses in the Midwest. It’s much stronger, and riskier, than heroin or fentanyl.
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Regional bat surveys play a larger role in bat research
All over Southeast Alaska this summer, volunteers have been conducting bat surveys for the state Department of Fish & Game. The surveys are being conducted to monitor bat populations regionally. But, the data is playing a bigger role in bat research across North America.
‘Alien’ signal source reportedly located (it wasn’t the Vulcans)
If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off speculation about possible alien origins is now believed to have come from a terrestrial source.
Hermine floods coastal areas in Florida before heading to Georgia
The Category 1 hurricane hit Florida, then weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland. Hermine is expected to drop heavy rain in Georgia and the Carolinas before tracking out over the Atlantic.
Brock Turner freed from jail after serving 3 months of 6-month sentence
Three months after receiving a lenient punishment for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at Stanford University, Turner left Santa Clara County’s main jail Friday.
Wildfire victims seek help from their tribal community
The Cayuse Mountain Fire has been the second largest in Washington state. The blaze consumed 14 homes and displaced up to 50 people on the Spokane Indian Reservation. But the community is trying to get back to normal life.