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From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to …

In this image provided by The Nature Conservancy, sunflower sea stars are visible in a tank Friday, July 9, 2021, in Friday Harbor, Wash. The star fish is the main purple urchin predator. (Ralph Pace/The Nature Conservancy via AP)

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Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror of …

A police officer walks under crime scene tape in the aftermath of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; school …

How events unfolded at UNLV Wednesday, when a gunman shot four faculty members, killing three. (AP Digital Embed)

Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School …

Ethan Crumbly is escorted by sheriff deputies after being sentenced, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Nashville Police investigation into leak of Covenant School …

FILE - Two women hug near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Police have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the hunt for the person who leaked pages from a school shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator, the department announced in an email sent to media late on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at …

FILE - Migrant families wade through shallow waters toward Roma, Texas, March 24, 2021. A federal judge was poised Friday, Dec.8, 2023, to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Report: Deputies were justified when they fired at SUV …

FILE -Forensic technicians work on the vehicle authorities say officers fired shots at, that breached security at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Two Florida sheriff's deputies were justified when they fired numerous shots at a Connecticut opera singer whose speeding SUV blasted through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago almost four years ago, an internal affairs investigation concluded, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

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Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans …

FILE - The commencement address is given during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on May 12, 2018. The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal released Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked pay raises and Republicans refused to release money for the engineering building earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to …

FILE - Escort volunteers line up outside the EMW Women's Surgical Center, on Monday, July 17, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban, saying the right to terminate a pregnancy is crucial for people to "control their lives.” The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky's near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff's rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

New York can enforce laws banning guns from ‘sensitive …

FILE - A customer checks out a hand gun that is for sale and on display at SP firearms on June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year.(AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

FTC opens inquiry of Chevron-Hess merger, marking …

File - Drivers refuel at a Chevron gas station, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in South Miami, Fla. A big explanation for the recent decline in gas prices is seasonality — with prices at the pump almost always easing at this time of year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to …

Family and friends wipe away tears as they share memories of Savannah Williams during a press conference at the State Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Williams was shot and killed in south Minneapolis on Nov. 29. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, …

FILE -- Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, left, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 26, 2020. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Petek said California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Massachusetts attorney general files civil rights …

FILE - Andrea Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Boston. Campbell has filed a lawsuit on Thursday, Dec. 7, accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, saying it repeatedly subjected LGBTQ+ events and facilities sheltering migrant families to intimidation and harassment. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)