Sewage seeps into California beach city from Mexico, upending residents’ lives: “Akin to being trapped in a portable toilet”

[ad_1] California resident Shannon Johnson lives a few blocks from Imperial Beach’s turquoise water and waves of “perfect little curls” — but Johnson and her two young children haven’t stepped foot on the sand in a year. “Every time we go by the beach they’re asking, ‘Is it going to be clean? When are they…

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Rising copper prices fuel wave of thefts

[ad_1] President Trump’s 50% tariff on most imported copper products has fueled a surge in copper prices. While the import tax might not increase the production of the metal in the U.S. it has lead to another domestic spike — copper thefts. Kris Van Cleave reports on what’s being done to combat the copper robbers. [ad_2]…

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U.S. halts avocado and mango inspections in a Mexican state after 2 USDA employees attacked, detained

[ad_1] The United States has halted inspections of avocados and mangoes in Mexico‘s Michoacán state following the attack and detainment of two U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, according to U.S. officials. The workers with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were recently attacked while carrying out their work inspecting avocados, and have since…

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