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Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, increasing clouds, with a low around 41. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Extended forecast: Sunday, rain, mainly after 2 p.m. High near 53. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with ...

Spain searches for bodies after unprecedented flooding claims at least 158 lives

By ALBERTO SAIZ, JOSEPH WILSON and ALICIA LEN Associated Press BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain — Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone. More horrors emerged Thursday from the debris and ubiquitous layers of mud left by the walls of water that produced Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. The damage recalled the aftermath of a ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Extended forecast: Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 5 to 10 mph. ...

Artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK — Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island’s Tottenville neighborhood when Superstorm Sandy struck the city 12 years ago. A narrow strip of sand, some beach scrub and a few lonely trees did almost nothing to slow the ocean swells as they collapsed houses and ripped others from their foundations, killing a 13-year-old girl and her father. But after years of work, a system of artificial reefs largely completed this summer could help soften the blow of future ...

Today in History: October 26, Shootout at the O.K. Corral

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2024. There are 66 days left in the year. Today in history: On October 26th, 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at ...