River
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World
More Than 60 Are Missing in Nepal After Landslide Sweeps Buses Into River
Rescuers were searching for two late-night buses that disappeared into the swollen waterway amid Nepal’s deadly monsoon season.
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World
Thinking About a Mississippi River Cruise? There’s One Big ‘If.’
Though operators are building ships, and towns are investing in landings and other infrastructure, fluctuations in the river’s flow, exacerbated…
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World
Following a River Through the Heart of the Berkshires
For much of my childhood in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts, I didn’t give a hoot about the Housatonic…
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World
Crews Race to Fortify Levees as Floods Swallow Midwestern Towns
Officials in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota reported widespread damage over the weekend. In some places, the worst was still…
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World
Let the Salmon Run Free
In his 1937 book, “Kennebec: Cradle of Americans,” the poet Robert Tristram Coffin called Maine’s sprawling river a “paradise for…
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World
Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers
Officials in Iowa and Missouri estimated that nearly 800,000 fish had died in waters that flow into the Missouri River.
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Economy
In France, the Future Is Arriving on a Barge
As pale morning light flickered across the Seine, Capt. Freddy Badar steered his hulking river barge, Le Bosphore, past picturesque…
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World
How Do You Paddle a Disappearing River?
I had barely unbuckled my seatbelt and was already wondering if I had driven six hours across Texas for nothing.…
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World
Nancy Wallace, Fervent Savior of the Bronx River, Dies at 93
She helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and…
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Books
Alonzo King Wants to Wake Up the World With Ballet
The choreographer Alonzo King sees ballet differently. A dance is never just a dance. It’s a kind of faith, and…