Europe braces for more waves of migrants in 2016
As 2016 dawns, Greece faces a continuing migrant influx amid freezing seas and border restrictions. Ioannis Mouzalas warns of a difficult year without a European solution as more than 850,000 arrivals hit Greece, and Germany and Sweden adjust policies while aid groups call for better coordination.
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Flooding Lingers As Missouri grapples with rising rivers and levee breaches
The St Louis region nears the end of the worst flood phase with water receding and damage assessments underway. Elsewhere, record crests threaten rural Missouri and Illinois as two more levees fail, raising flood victims to about 22 deaths and thousands displaced. Local towns deploy sandbags while evacuees seek shelter. authorities warn of worsening conditions ahead and monitor major highways.
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West Virginia gets more VH1 Save the Music instrument aid
Webster County High’s band director says new instruments funded by the VH1 Save the Music Foundation will relieve local shortages. The foundation has donated about $1.8 million in instruments to 59 schools across 48 counties since 2009, with 2016 recipients including Braxton Hancock Lewis Mineral Taylor Tyler and Webster counties.
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San Francisco zoo celebrates 45th birthday of oldest black rhino
Elly the black rhino, born in the wild and living at San Francisco Zoo since 1974, turns 45 with a special oats and molasses cake. She has raised 14 calves, weighs about 2,000 pounds, and enjoys beets, corn, and bananas. The zoo notes black rhinos face poaching and a global wild population dwindled to 3,000 to 5,000.
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