Environment

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State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the foreign service officer was found dead inside the officer's residence in the capital of the Indian Ocean nation off the East Coast of Africa. (Associated Press)

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Anne Hathaway and an expensive necklace co-star in "Ocean's 8," now available on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

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Illustration on the financial impact of hurricanes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Sen. Marco Rubio is encouraging people to flood a Miami restaurant with calls after owner Nusret Gokce, nicknamed Salt Bae, hosted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a lavish steak dinner in Turkey while his own country starves. (Twitter/@Yusnaby)

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Bob Richling carried Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home as her daughter-in-law, Pam Darden, gathered her belongings Monday in Spring Lake, North Carolina. (Associated Press)

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Drivers made their way down a flooded road in South Carolina. Officials implored people to stay off roads, saying a few inches of water can sweep cars away. (Associated Press)

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Floodwater threatened homes in Dillon, South Carolina. (Associated Press)

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Floodwaters submerged cars in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as water levels were expected to continue rising. (Associated Press)

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A member of the U.S. Coast Guard has been removed from the Tropical Storm Florence response team in South Carolina after he flashed an alleged white power hand signal during a live MSNBC report. (Twitter/@Kelsey Hupp)

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Green Energy Mandates Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long arrives to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, during a hearing on the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season. Long said the challenge presented by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria is unprecedented in the history of his agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, smiles in the U.S. Climate Action Center during the "AMERICA'S PLEDGE" and "WE ARE STILL IN" campaign at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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In this image take from video provided by WCVB in Boston, flames consume a home in Lawrence, Mass, a suburb of Boston, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Emergency crews are responding to what they believe is a series of gas explosions that have damaged homes across three communities north of Boston. (WCVB via AP)

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In this image take from video provided by WCVB in Boston, flames rise from a house in Lawrence, Mass, a suburb of Boston, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Emergency crews are responding to what they believe is a series of gas explosions that have damaged homes across three communities north of Boston. (WCVB via AP)

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Sand bags surround homes on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, on Wednesday as Hurricane Florence threatens the coast. As much as 35 inches of rain is expected. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Cpl. Remedios Cruz, Marine Aircraft Group 12, seen here during an enlistment ceremony in December 2013, will exit the military after pleading guilty to maintaining a romantic relationship with a subordinate.(Image: U.S. Marine Corps, Lance Cpl. Richard Currier) ** FILE **