Man protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant
A gunman walked into a Miami Beach restaurant and fatally shot a tourist who was protecting his 1-year-old son By…
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon up 28% in July, worrying experts
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in July from a year ago, according to a new report from a…
Mountain rescuers heft injured St. Bernard off English peak
St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but on Sunday the tables were turned…
Thousands in Puerto Rico still without housing since Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of homes…
France-born man in Mexico dies in bid to save his dog’s life
The devotion of dogs to people has been remarked upon for centuries By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press July 24, 2020,…
Lee descendant urges official removal of Confederate statues
Democratic lawmakers and others are urging official removal of Confederate monuments at the center of a politically fraught national debate…
EPA finds plastic trash contaminates 2 remote Hawaii beaches
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designating the waters of two remote beaches in Hawaii as being contaminated by trash…
New Jersey woman survives mile-long ride through storm drain
A New Jersey woman survived a mile-long ride through a storm drain after a flash flood swept her and her…
As monuments fall, Confederate carving has size on its side
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled…
Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe; source unknown
Nordic authorities say they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may…
Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that allows new oil and gas…
Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found
A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago…
US moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild birds despite…
9-year-old boy in Tennessee catches 80-pound lake sturgeon
A nine-year-old child in Tennessee has reeled in an 80-pound fish May 13, 2020, 1:44 PM 2 min read 2…
Flash flooding kills 2 sisters, ages 7 and 3, in Utah canyon
Two sisters ages 7 and 3 have died in flash flooding that sent torrents of water roaring into a narrow…
Bug experts dismiss worry about US ‘murder hornets’ as hype
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are…
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan
One of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant in the New York City area will shut down…
Germany: Husband, in-laws charged in woman’s exorcism death
German authorities have charged four people in the death of a young woman who died in an apparent exorcism ritual…
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought…
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
NEW YORK — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed…
PG&E pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in wildfire
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018…
Pipeline owner agrees to pay $60M over 2015 California spill
The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015…
Descendants of extinct tortoise species found in Galapagos
Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 hybrid giant tortoises partially descended…
Thousands gather for Women’s March rallies across the US
WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March rallies focused on…
AP Exclusive: Sierra skeleton ID’d as ‘ghost of Manzanar’
LOS ANGELES — A skeleton found by hikers this fall near California’s second-highest peak was identified Friday as a Japanese…
Optimism over growth, some wariness in Atlantic City in 2020
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City heads into 2020 with some optimism , buoyed by an expanded casino market with…
Demonstrators demand halt to killings of women in Mexico
Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico marched through the capital Sunday carrying over 100 purple crosses…
1 million car charging points in Germany by 2030: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to drastically increase the number of charging stations for electric cars in Germany to give…
‘Wizard Rock’ that disappeared from Arizona forest returns
A boulder that mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago from a national forest in Arizona is back, and forest officials aren’t…
Rudy Boesch, early fan favorite on ‘Survivor,’ dies at 91
Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a…
23 states sue Trump to keep California’s auto emission rules
California sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking its authority to set greenhouse gas emission and fuel economy…
Residents ask state to test falling particles near TVA plant
Some residents living near a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee have asked the state to investigate unidentified particles they say…
Mountain lion fatally struck trying to cross LA freeway
A male mountain lion who successfully crossed a 10-lane freeway in Los Angeles two months ago was struck and killed…
Brazil’s president again stresses sovereignty over Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has overseen independence day celebrations with a renewed assertion of his country’s sovereignty over the Amazon.…
Woman killed by black bear on island north of Minnesota
A black bear has killed a Minnesota woman on a secluded island in Canadian waters in an attack that experts…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro wants to discuss Amazon fires at UN
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday he was eager to speak about the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention…
Amazon fires: French activists urge more Brazil action
Pretending to be trees in the Amazon, activists marched through Paris urging Brazil’s president to do more to fight fires…
Police: Man shoots worshipper during church service robbery
Authorities say a man walked into a South Carolina church demanding money during an early Sunday service and shot one…
2 divers found dead in underwater cave off Greek island
Greek authorities say two foreign nationals have been found dead in an underwater cave off the island of Karpathos, in…
Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons
From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and…
Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to OK glacier
It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight…
Historically wet US Northwest faces growing wildfire threat
Nestled in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, the bustling Seattle suburb of Issaquah seems an unlikely candidate for anxiety…
Troubled SC nuclear firm kept radioactive trash in leaky bin
Federal authorities say a nuclear plant in South Carolina kept radioactive trash in a leaky 40-foot shipping container, raising concerns…
Brain-eating amoeba kills man who swam in NC manmade lake
A North Carolina man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a manmade lake at a water…
Fossil found in 1980s in Texas declared new genus, species
Experts say fossil remains discovered in the 1980s at the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas have been identified…
Oregon governor ready to take lead on divisive climate plan
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Monday that she’s ready to use her executive power to lower carbon emissions following a…
New tropical storm forms off southern Mexico
A new tropical storm has formed far off Mexico’s southern coast, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it’s likely…
Oregon Republican senators end walkout over carbon bill
Republican lawmakers returned to the Oregon Senate on Saturday, ending an acrimonious nine-day walkout over a carbon emissions bill that…
Man caught at JFK smuggling 34 finches in hair curlers
Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John…
Joe Biden unveils $5 trillion climate plan
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to…
Woman taking photos dies in plunge off California waterfall
Authorities say a woman plunged to her death down a Northern California waterfall after she slipped and lost her footing…
More protection: UN says Earth’s ozone layer is healing
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Officials: 35 lives, $3 billion in timber lost to Michael
Trees brought down by Hurricane Michael‘s ferocious winds took a heavy toll on life, property and the timber industry in…
Idaho wildlife official under fire for Africa hunting trip
An Idaho Fish and Game Commission member is being criticized by some after he shared photos of himself posing with…
US says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative
Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy…
Tropical Storm Daniel forms far off Mexico’s Pacific coast
Tropical Storm Daniel formed well off Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday, and forecasters said it was heading out to sea and…
13 holiday hikers rescued from snowy Tokyo mountain
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