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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah and raising concerns that more outbreaks could follow. The U.S. … Source: Claims Journal

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman killed when a mast snapped and toppled onto the deck of a historic sailing vessel that carries tourists off the Maine coast was a physician at the hospital where three other victims were taken … Source: Claims Journal

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two balloon pilots from Poland who were competing in the prestigious Gordon Bennett Cup long-distance race were recovering Tuesday from burns, broken bones and other injuries after their hydrogen-filled balloon struck a high-voltage power line over … Source: Claims Journal

Global economic losses could reach $5 trillion under a “plausible increase” in extreme weather events linked to climate change that cause crop failures and food and water shortages, insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London said on Wednesday. Lloyd’s, which carried out … Source: Claims Journal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that employees at a Wisconsin corn plant falsified records in the years leading up to a fatal corn dust explosion. The plea deal calls for … Source: Claims Journal

JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in a backup emergency fuel line. Small cracks have been found a half-dozen times … Source: Claims Journal

Finnish investigators said that a ruptured gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland was most likely caused by mechanical force rather than an explosion. It’s too early, however, to exclude any possibility from the investigation, Risto Lohi, a detective superintendent … Source: Claims Journal

Hurricane Lidia rapidly intensified in the Pacific Ocean as it approached Mexico’s coast on Tuesday, coming ashore as a powerful Category 4 with 140-mile-per hour winds near Cabo Corrientes, the US National Hurricane Center said. It has since dissipated over … Source: Claims Journal

ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Clinging to hope that finding survivors was still possible, Afghan rescuers and villagers kept digging through rubble in western Herat province on Tuesday, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left … Source: Claims Journal

The family of a Texas man who was killed in a collision with a semi-truck cannot stake a claim to any portion of a $1 million insurance settlement that was paid to the family of another victim of the same … Source: Claims Journal