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Man Gets Stuck Waist-Deep in Alaska Mud Flats, Drowns as Tide Comes in

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could …

Rhode Island to Raise Pedestrian Bridge

With silt building up in the Providence River and dredging costs expected to rise, planners are looking instead at raising a pedestrian bridge linking parks on both sides. The Providence Journal reports that the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission is preparing …