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Feb 16, 2022

The Southwest is the driest it’s been in more than a millennium

Also today: Families of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims have reached a $73 million settlement in a lawsuit against bankrupt gunmaker Remington. The BBC reports on a basic income scheme for young people leaving care in Wales.

According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, it’s the worst drought the Southwest has experienced in at least 1,200 years. — According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, it’s the worst drought the Southwest has experienced in at least 1,200 years.
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Families of Sandy Hook victims reach $73M settlement with Remington
The families’ lawsuit said the now-bankrupt gunmaker irresponsibly marketed the rifle used in the shooting.
Farmers, ranchers in the Southwest adapt to the region’s worst drought in more than 1,000 years
by Savannah Peters
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Some are selling cattle. Others are changing the crops the grow.
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The Southwest is the driest it’s been in more than a millennium