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Oil spill prompts environmental state of emergency in Mauritius

Urgent efforts increased in Mauritius to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2,500 tons of oil before the vessel breaks up and increases the contamination of the island’s once-pristine Indian Ocean coastline. More than 1,000 tons of fuel has washed up on the eastern coast of Mauritius. Source

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College towns struggle during COVID pandemic

College towns emptied out in March — and many will remain empty as learning shifts online. Gloria Betcher, a council member from Ames, Iowa, spoke to CBSN about how that hurts the economies of these unique places. Source

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Chicago mayor says looting was “straight-up felony criminal conduct”

Chicago Mayor Lori LIghtfoot said the looting and vandalism that happened overnight was not part of a legitimate political protest. “What occurred in our downtown and surrounding communities was abject criminal behavior, pure and simple,” she said. “This was straight-up felony criminal conduct.” Watch her remarks. Source

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