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Popular headlines this past week: Oscar noms, Olympic highlights, and more

  • Feb 11, 2022
  • Feb 11, 2022 Updated Mar 15, 2022
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These were some of the most popular national stories this week.

Judges walk out after Rudy Giuliani unmasked on 'The Masked Singer'

A controversial reveal during "The Masked Singer" led judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to walk off set.

Two judges on "The Masked Singer" walked off after Rudy Giuliani unmasked himself at the end of a show taping, a source close to the show told CNN Wednesday.

Robin Thicke and Ken Jeong walked off stage following the revelation of Giuliani as a contestant on the popular Fox reality show in which contenders perform in full costume until they are eliminated.

Rudy Giuliani

Two judges on "The Masked Singer" walked off after Rudy Giuliani unmasked himself at the end of a show taping. Giuliani is pictured here in Washington, D.C., in November 2020.

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Photos: Rudy Giuliani through the years

Giuliani Hanover

Rudolph Giuliani holds up his son, Andrew, 3, at a news conference where he announced his candidacy for New York City mayor, Wednesday, May 17, 1989. The former U.S. attorney of Manhattan is flanked by his wife, Donna Hanover, left, and his mother, Helen Giuliani. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)

MARIO SURIANI
PATAKI KERRICK CLINTON GIULIANI SCHUMER

From left: Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., New York Governor George Pataki, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton D-N.Y., and New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerrick walk along Greenwich Street, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, to visit the scene of the World Trade Center destruction. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

MARK LENNIHAN
George Pataki, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Rodham Clinton

** FILE **New York Gov. George Pataki, left, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., tour the site of the World Trade Center disaster, in this Sept. 12, 2001, file photo. Giuliani's experience on Sept. 11 and at ground zero propelled him into presidential politics, yet by his own admission, it may also weaken his health _ a key issue for any candidate seeking the White House. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

ROBERT F. BUKATY
AP I LVA APTOPIX LATVIA NATO SUMMIT

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani gestures while speaking during the Riga Conference, on the sidelines of a NATO summit, at Blackheads House in Riga, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006. According to a poll released on Monday, that scores the popularity of national leaders, Americans have the warmest feelings about former New York City ,Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

VIRGINIA MAYO
Rudy Giuliani

Republican mayoral candidate Rudolph Giuliani shakes hands of supporters and parade goers at the annual Columbus Day parade on Fifth Avenue in New York on Friday, Oct. 6, 1989. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gerald Herbert
MAYOR GIULIANI WILLIS HANOVER

Actor Bruce Willis holds his Crystal Apple Achievement Award for movie and TV production in New York during presentation from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, left, at Gracie Mansion in New York City, Wednesday, June 14, 1995. The mayor's wife, Donna Hanover, is at right. (AP Photo/Janet Durrans)

AP Photo/Janet Durrans
Rudy Giuliani

** FILE ** Republican New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, right foreground, gestures as he speaks to Democratic supporters who turned out to endorse his re-election at a rally at City Hall Park in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997. Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of ultraliberal New York City, supports a woman's right to choose an abortion, domestic partnership benefits for gay couples and gun-control measures _ and he's a Republican. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

MARTY LEDERHANDLER
GIULIANI ALLISON DESANTO

New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, center, doffed with a red clown nose and ringmaster's top hat, is joined by Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus clowns Chris Allison, left, and Karen DeSanto, right, at City Hall Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, in New York. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

MARTY LEDERHANDLER
GIULANI

New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers his testimony before a House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Wednesday Feb 24,1999 in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Smith)

TOM SMITH
September 11 NYC Aftermath

New York Gov. George Pataki, left, and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are seen at a press conference in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, as they ask for help for help in locating the devices carried on the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Karp)

David Karp
Rudy Giuliani, John McCain

Republican presidential hopefuls former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speak simultaneously during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Elise Amendola
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks about his tax plan during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Jim Cole
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to the media after visiting his California campaign headquarters Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, in Glendale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

Ric Francis
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks after getting the endorsement of Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, right, during a news conference in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Jim Cole
Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, interrupts Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, during an exchange on immigration at the CNN/You Tube debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/ Chris O'Meara)

Chris O'Meara
Aptopix Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks during a town hall meeting Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Bradneton, Fla. (AP Photo/Craig Litten)

Craig Litten
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks to reporters at a campaign rally in Sarasota, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gerald Herbert
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, pays his breakfast tab during a visit to Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House Restaurant in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gerald Herbert
Rudy Giuliani

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talks to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gerald Herbert
Rudy Giuliani, Van Tran

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and congressional candidate Van Tran rub the belly of a Buddha statue for good luck after a news conference with U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina in the Little Saigon section of Westminster, Calif., Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Jae C. Hong
APTOPIX GOP 2016 Convention

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite
APTOPIX Trump

President-elect Donald Trump, right, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pose for photographs as Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Carolyn Kaster
APTOPIX Trump Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, pretends spit on a piece of paper as he speaks about the Iran nuclear agreement while speaking at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy at the Grand Hyatt, Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
APTOPIX Trump Legal Challenges

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jacquelyn Martin
APTOPIX Election 2020

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
Photos: The 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Photos: The 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The Winter Olympic flame has been lit and the Beijing Games have begun. Relive the opening ceremony with a gallery of stunning snapshots.

Photos: A look back at every Super Bowl halftime show since 2000

Photos: A look back at every Super Bowl halftime show since 2000

Here's a look back at every Super Bowl halftime show from 2000 to 2021.

Here's who has left Spotify because of Joe Rogan

Here's who has left Spotify because of Joe Rogan

Here's a list of artists who have left Spotify because of Rogan:

What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office with his daughter Ivanka and Vice President Mike Pence's national security adviser on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, when he made yet another push to pressure Pence.

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney came to the Capitol with his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republicans to go all in to stand up

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Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot

Capitol Riot Images of the Day

Rioters scale a wall at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jose Luis Magana
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Supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump attend a rally on the Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez
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Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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Trump supporters participate in a rally Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jacquelyn Martin
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People listen as then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Evan Vucci
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Supporters of then-President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez
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A supporter of then-President Donald Trump is injured during clashes with police at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez
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A rioter pours water on herself at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jose Luis Magana
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A Trump supporter holds a Bible as he gathers with others outside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
Capitol Riot Images of the Day

A demonstrator supporting then-President Donald Trump, is sprayed by police, Jan. 6, 2021, during a day of rioting at the Capitol.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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Rioters try to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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U.S. Capitol Police try to hold back rioters outside the east doors to the House side of the U.S. Capitol, Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
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Rioters gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol, Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
Capitol Riot Images of the Day

Jacob Anthony Chansley, center, with other insurrectionists who supported then-President Donald Trump, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber in the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Chansley, was among the first group of insurrectionists who entered the hallway outside the Senate chamber. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Manuel Balce Ceneta
Capitol Riot Images of the Day

U.S. Capitol Police hold rioters at gun-point near the House Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
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Lawmakers evacuate the floor as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite
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Police with guns drawn watch as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite
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Congressmen shelter in the House gallery as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
Capitol Riot Images of the Day

Members of Congress wear emergency gas masks as they are evacuated from the House gallery as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
Capitol Riot Images of the Day

The House gallery is empty after it was evacuated as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite
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Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2021, after rioters stormed the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
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Members of the DC National Guard surround the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez
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Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

J. Scott Applewhite
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A flag hangs between broken windows after then-President Donald Trump supporters tried to break through police barriers outside the U.S. Capitol, Jan 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

John Minchillo
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A flag that reads "Treason" is visible on the ground in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2021, after rioters stormed the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Andrew Harnik
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An ATF police officer cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2021, after rioters stormed the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some new allies: conservative Republican lawmakers.

The new burst of energy from the GOP-dominated state government comes after lake levels recently hit a low point during a regional megadrought worsened by climate change. Water has been diverted away from the lake for years, though, to supply homes and crops in Utah. The nation's fastest-growing state is also one of the driest, with some of the highest domestic water use.

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Experts say growing demand for water, drought, and impacts from climate change are taking a toll on the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

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Saving The Great Salt Lake

Water pools on cracked mud along the Great Salt Lake Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, at Antelope Island, Utah. 

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Mud surrounds the boat dock Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, at Antelope Island, Utah. 

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Migrating birds are shown at the Great Salt Lake Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Antelope Island, Utah. 

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Saving The Great Salt Lake

A coyote travels across ice formed on the Great Salt Lake Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, on Antelope Island, Utah. Millions of migrating birds stop at the Great Salt Lake, and American white pelicans nest there on what had long been a remote island. But now they are facing new challenges, including declining lake levels that have exposed a land bridge to the island, allowing coyotes and foxes to cross. 

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Antelope Island State Park visitors view a dry lake bed at the receding edge of the Great Salt Lake Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Antelope Island, Utah. 

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Sailboats sit in dry dock at the Great Salt Lake Marina Saturday Jan. 29, 2022, near Salt Lake City. The boats were removed last year to keep them from getting stuck in the mud. 

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History of droughts in the U.S.

14th century–19th century: Mississippi River Valley drought

14th century–19th century: Mississippi River Valley drought

Massive earthen mounds still stand where the city-states of the Mississippian American Indian culture once thrived in the Mississippi River Valley 1,000 years ago. Unfortunately for the corn-based society, according to NPR, a "profound drought" set in around 1350, triggering the Little Ice Age in Europe and setting off an intense dry spell triggered by dry Arctic air pouring in through the Gulf of Mexico. The catastrophic drought would last as long as 500 years, much longer than the culture whose crucial corn crops were obliterated by the changing climate.

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1841: Sonoma drought

1841: Sonoma drought

Before the 1849 Gold Rush brought masses of pioneers pouring into California, early settlers grappled with extreme environmental conditions. Today, California's Sonoma County is one of the most fertile and productive agricultural landscapes in the world. In 1841, however, a severe drought rendered Sonoma "unsuitable for agriculture," according to the California Climate and Action Network, and the entire Sacramento Valley was little more than "a barren wasteland."

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1850s–1860s: Civil War drought

1850s–1860s: Civil War drought

By the middle of the 19th century, huge numbers of people, horses, and farm animals had already flooded into the Great Plains—enough to affect the land and its ability to tolerate drought. According to the Earth Institute at Columbia University, drought is exactly what the region got starting in the mid-1850s. The so-called Civil War drought annihilated entire herds of bison—which once numbered in the millions—that were already being hunted to near extinction by pioneers and settlers.

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1864: Central Valley drought

1864: Central Valley drought

In one of the most dramatic environmental flip-flops in American history, California's Central Valley was flooded so severely between 1861 and 1862 that it turned into a 300-mile long, 20-mile wide "inland sea," according to Scientific American. The floods submerged Sacramento under 10 feet of water, killing thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of cattle while triggering widespread and deadly mudslides. Just two years later in 1864, however, the region was gripped in a drought so severe that a lack of water was a great danger to people and animals.

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1874: Year of the Locusts

1874: Year of the Locusts

In 1874, a relatively modest drought led to a catastrophe of truly biblical proportions across much of the American Plains and the West. When a dry spell set in at the end of 1873, most of the Colorado Territory, Montana Territory, Wyoming Territory, Dakota Territory, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, and present-day Oklahoma were inundated with clouds of Rocky Mountain locusts so thick that they blocked out the sun for up to six hours at a time. Locusts thrive in drought conditions, and when they descended, the insects devoured every crop in sight, causing widespread starvation and terror, and forcing waves of countless settlers to pack up, reverse course, and head back East. Kansas alone lost one-third of its population.

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1890–96: 1890s drought

1890–96: 1890s drought

The 1890s drought, which affected the Plains and much of the West, actually started in the late 1880s on the heels of a severe winter that had already killed scores of cattle. The catastrophe, however, led to reform. The drought ended the prevailing wisdom that hardy, determined settlers alone were enough to convert wilderness into farmland. The environmental and social disaster would lead to the federalization of American settlement in the West and the federalization of water management and irrigation.

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1928–34: Seven-year California drought

1928–34: Seven-year California drought

The year 1928 was the beginning of one of several distinct and significant 20th-century California droughts. According to the California Water Science Center, the seven-year California drought predated most of the state's major water projects, like the State Water Project and the Federal Central Valley Project. The drought was so severe that it compelled officials to begin planning reservoir operations and to establish shortage criteria for water supply contracts in the state.

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1931–41: Dust Bowl

1931–41: Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl is the most famous environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, and although irresponsible farming practices and land mismanagement contributed to the disaster, the Dust Bowl—which coincided with the already devastating Great Depression—was essentially the result of drought. According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, the calamity—which turned millions of tons of topsoil into dust that went airborne in massive storms—was actually caused by four distinct droughts that ravaged the South Central portion of the United States in the 1930s.

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1950–57: Great Dry Up

1950–57: Great Dry Up

Sometimes known as the Texas Drought, the Great Dry Up devastated most of the Lone Star State for seven brutal years—years that still are vivid in the memories of those who survived it, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Across the state, crops withered, cattle died, farms turned to dust, and farmers burned the thorns off of cactuses to feed their herds. In the end, 236 of Texas's 254 counties were declared disaster areas, but the episode became the catalyst for the modern era of conservation.

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1961–69: New England drought

1961–69: New England drought

In 1965, the Northeast suffered the worst year of a nearly decade-long drought that crushed New England farms, forced severe water rationing measures, and sent the region into a panic about drinking water shortages. What started as a dry spell in western Massachusetts quickly transformed into a regional disaster that destroyed golf courses, turned deep ponds to mud, triggered widespread fires, and killed millions of herring that could no longer swim from the ocean to fresh water to spawn.

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1976–77: Two-year California drought

1976–77: Two-year California drought

California's water agencies were not prepared for the 1976–77 drought. The event obliterated the widespread belief that the state's many impressive water projects were enough to insulate residents from the threat of water shortages. By the time relief came from the sky one year later, many of California's reservoirs had been dangerously depleted.

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1987–92: Six-year California drought

1987–92: Six-year California drought

In 1987, California once again found itself at the onset of a significant and dangerous shortage of water. According to the California Water Science Center, most of the state's major reservoirs were completed by then, but even that massive human effort proved insufficient. By 1991, the drought compelled the state to initiate a drought water bank to make water available for sale to the most desperate municipalities.

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1988: Pacific La Niña drought

1988: Pacific La Niña drought

In 1988, a Pacific weather pattern known as La Niña triggered changes in the atmosphere and temperature, which culminated in widespread reductions of precipitation across the Central United States. One of the costliest natural disasters in American history and the worst drought on record since the Dust Bowl, it destroyed at least half of the crops on the Great Plains.

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1998–2002: Florida drought

1998–2002: Florida drought

Florida entered the 21st century in the throes of one of the worst droughts in the state's recorded history. Freshwater withdrawals, record-low stream flows, hundreds of sinkholes, and persistent wildfires defined the crisis, which was particularly bad in the southwest, northeast, and northwest regions of the state.

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2011–2019 California drought

2011–2019 California drought

In March 2019, authorities officially declared the end to more than seven years of severe drought in California. It was a long time coming. For 376 consecutive weeks, Californians suffered a grinding dry spell characterized by dangerously low water reserves, raging fires, the death of 102 million trees on 7 million acres, snowless mountain ranges, and millions of dollars of damage to highways. When the rains finally came, they resulted in a stunning blossom of wildflowers—and raging mudslides.

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2012: National drought

2012: National drought

According to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a full 33% of the contiguous United States spent 2012 in the grip of a severe to extreme drought—"severe" and "extreme" are NOAA's most serious official classifications on the drought scale. NOAA outlined causes ranging from decreased precipitation to changes in atmospheric pressure, but the results of the report were clear and undeniable: The drought was the inevitable result of a warming planet.

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2016: New York drought

2016: New York drought

In 2016, New York suffered one of the worst droughts in the state's history, but it went largely unnoticed compared with the attention given to the drought on the other side of the country. That's because New York wasn't engulfed in the dramatics beamed from California to TV screens worldwide—raging fires, empty reservoirs, and pitched political battles over water rights. Still, with rainfall down by 25% across much of the state, and with widespread crop failure and devastation to waterways and marine life, the end results in the Empire State were much the same as on the West Coast.

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2016: Southeast drought

2016: Southeast drought

In 2016, parts of Alabama received no rainfall at all for six weeks, farmers were selling cattle they could no longer feed, and topsoil had turned to powder. It was a drought that engulfed much of the Southeast and then spread as far west as Texas and as far north as Kentucky. By the end of the year, 40% of the Southeast was suffering moderate to exceptional drought conditions, and when the rains finally came, they fell on parched land that couldn't absorb the water, resulting in widespread flooding.

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2020: California wildfires linked to drought—and climate change

2020: California wildfires linked to drought—and climate change

The effects of climate change on the weather of the U.S. became an undeniable reality for millions of people, and state and federal policymakers, in 2020. Devastating wildfires in California raged across the state because of the cycle between drought and rainfall, caused by climate change and increasing the risks of wildfire. Other states, meanwhile, broke records for the hottest days on record, and close to half of the U.S. ended 2020 at some level of drought, according to the United States Drought Monitor. 

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History of droughts in the U.S.

History of droughts in the U.S.

Defined by the National Weather Service as "a shortage of water over an extended period of time," droughts are a normal and natural part of Earth's weather cycle. Sometimes, however, a lack of water is far more significant than just a cyclical dry spell. Although tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and fires are more dramatic and alarming, severe droughts are often far more widespread, more devastating, more expensive, and harder to manage than the violent natural disasters that tend to grab headlines. Making matters worse, droughts can create or encourage a range of secondary environmental catastrophes like fires, crop failures, mudslides, sinkholes, destroyed roadways, massive fish kills, locust swarms, and—although it seems counterintuitive—severe floods.

Throughout U.S. history, droughts have turned vast swaths of farmland to dust, created panic, killed millions of cattle and other animals, and forced widespread human migration, financial depression, and starvation. The worst droughts, however, have also sparked major reforms. In California, for instance, droughts led to creation of the Central Valley Project, the State Water Project, the urban conservation movement, and the Drought Emergency Water Bank.

The direct and indirect costs of drought total more than $9 billion a year in the United States alone, and that expense is set to rise as droughts become more prevalent and severe. Although global warming is often portrayed in the media as a debate, there is direct and irrefutable evidence linking climate change to increased instances of severe drought beyond the dry spells that are a natural part of the planet's cycles. Warming temperatures over the past century have directly contributed to major droughts across the country, but particularly in the American West. It was only in 2019 that California finally got relief from a catastrophic dry spell that defined the state's ecology throughout much of the past decade.

Stacker dived into the worst droughts in U.S. history, starting with the "megadrought" of the 10th century and ending with the droughts that plague us today.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A large bull moose spent more than an hour stomping on the sled dog team of a rookie Iditarod musher in the wilds of Alaska last week — and the attack didn't end even after Bridgett Watkins emptied her gun into the animal.

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Bicyclist falls to her death from rising Florida drawbridge

Bicyclist Bridge Death

The Royal Park Bridge is closed to all traffic Sunday as West Palm Beach, Fla., police and fire rescue work on the scene after a bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side.

Meghan McCarthy/The Palm Beach Post via AP

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. A bystander tried to pull her to safety but lost his grip, officials said.

The woman was walking her bicycle toward West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon and was within 10 feet of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the drawbridge started to move, police told news outlets.

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Photos: Bicyclist falls to death from Florida drawbridge

Bicyclist Bridge Death

The Royal Park Bridge is closed to all traffic Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, as West Palm Beach police and fire rescue work on the scene in West Palm Beach, Fla. A bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. A bystander tried to pull her to safety but lost his grip, officials said. (Meghan McCarthy/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

Meghan McCarthy
Bicyclist Bridge Death

The Royal Park Bridge is closed to all traffic Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022 as West Palm Beach police and fire rescue work on the scene in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. (Meghan McCarthy/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

Meghan McCarthy
Bicyclist Bridge Death

The Royal Park Bridge is closed to all traffic Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, as West Palm Beach police and fire rescue work on the scene in West Palm Beach, Fla. A bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side. (Meghan McCarthy/The Palm Beach Post via AP)

Meghan McCarthy

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