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TL/DR - Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, hosted its annual "Noon Year's Eve" event, allowing thousands of families to celebrate the new year early with their children. The event included activities teaching children how different cultures celebrate the new year, a marble drop at noon, and children popping bubble wrap to simulate…

TL/DR - The article presents a plan to save the Rio Grande, a river in the United States, which is at risk due to overuse and climate change. The plan involves creating a binational park system that would protect the river and its surrounding area. It would require cooperation from the US and Mexico, and would include measures such as…

TL/DR - AES Indiana's Petersburg Generating Station is planning to retire its last coal-burning unit in 2025 and switch to cleaner burning natural gas. The company is also building an 800 megawatt-hour battery storage array to store power when demand is low and discharge when demand increases. This transformation of old coal plant sites into new…

TL/DR - An off-duty officer from the Greensboro Police Department was shot and killed after witnessing a crime at a Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road. Police are looking for two suspects who fled the scene in a Chevrolet Equinox with North Carolina tag KKA-4332. The officer, who served the department for 22 years, was transported to a hospital but later…