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Missouri River
Coverage of Missouri River in the Nexus archive.
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- Man who beat rare cancer celebrates by canoeing 2,000 miles with his dog
Frank Carter, a 67-year-old cancer survivor from Orange County, Florida, completed a 2,000-mile canoe journey down the Missouri River with his dog, Amos, after overcoming mantle cell lymphoma through immunotherapy. The expedition, which took 64 days and faced extreme weather, followed his cancer treatment at Moffitt Cancer Center.
- An Inconvenient Reality: Climate-Preparedness Cuts Are Lethality Cuts
The 2019 Missouri River flood caused $1.2 billion in damages to U.S. military facilities, including Offutt Air Force Base. The Trump administration and Department of Defense cut $1.2 billion from climate-related programs, but the flood's costs negated those savings, highlighting the link between climate preparedness and military lethality.