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The City of Philadelphia is closely monitoring its drinking water following a chemical spill that occurred on Friday night. The city said three different chemicals leaked into the Delaware River after a latex factory spill. At first, officials issued alerts to residents urging them to use bottled water and avoid the tap, but on Sunday they revised their assessment after conducting safety tests and ruling that the water is safe to drink, bathe in, and use for cooking. The city said it's confident the water is safe through the end of today, because the water currently in the taps was treated before the spill reached philadelphia.
The Energy Department is investing up to $1.2 billion in projects focusing on removing carbon dioxide from the air.
Russia successfully launched its first lunar space mission in nearly 50 years.
Maui residents who made desperate escapes from oncoming flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as fires raced toward their homes.
Water infrastructure across the country is vulnerable as climate change makes storms more unpredictable and destructive, flooding low-lying drinking water treatment plants and overwhelming coastal sewage systems.
Russia is putting the final touches on the scheduled launch of its lunar rocket to the moon.
Virgin Galactic launched its first space tourism flight earlier Thursday.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
Health officials are urging people to get vaccinations for the flu, covid and RSV for the upcoming winter season.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening.
