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A residential building in Wales with solar panels on the roof and parked cars in the foreground.

Home

In England, 10,000 council homes could get solar and insulation to cut bills by $334 per year

A kitchen sink faucet with a drop of water forming at the tip.

Home

In North Carolina, homeowners went weeks without water, then got HOA bills topping $4,000

A person holds a smartphone displaying warning icons related to connectivity issues.

Tech

Ohio farmers work from Walmart Wi-Fi as a 6-week outage leaves neighbors unable to call 911

A blood python.

Outdoors

Firefighters in South Korea capture an exotic python at a trailhead

Tucson Fire Department firefighters holding the cat.

Home

In Arizona, meows from an auto shop wall led firefighters to a kitten that owners ending up keeping

A brown sand boa on the ground and a baby yellow-and-black patterned snake in a person's hand.

Tech

In Britain, a sand boa living alone for 20 years produced 9 babies without a mate

Workers working on a power pole.

Business

Texas resident, 81, says TV station got utility crews to inspect poles after years of complaints

A Chinese water deer.

Outdoors

In Cambridgeshire, a tusked Chinese water deer fell into a muddy hole before crews freed it

The Indian Ridge fire.

Business

In Idaho, nearly every wildfire on state land was human-caused, and the bill hit $47 million

A white dog resting on a sandy surface, partially turned away from the camera.

Outdoors

Stray dog eats from rescuers' hands but slips every leash

A lighthouse stands on a rocky shoreline with boats in the distance on a calm waterway.

Home

In Massachusetts, EPA's next harbor cleanup move could turn polluted city land into homes

A bear in a natural environment surrounded by greenery and rocks.

Outdoors

In India, a sloth bear once forced to dance for tourists now dozes in a custom hammock