Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding camps with…
Blizzards, ice and storms expected to intensify across U.S.
A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as…
Cypriot fishermen battle invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a…
Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects
The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration…
Storm system threatens more rainfall Christmas Day over waterlogged Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Rain from a powerful winter storm that swept across Southern California has begun to taper…
Judge upholds Hawaii’s new climate change tax on cruise passengers
A federal judge’s ruling allows Hawaii’s new tourist tax, which includes a levy on cruise ship passengers, to…
Trump pauses 5 offshore wind projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday suspended leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction…
Photos show penguins, seals and orcas in the warming Antarctic Peninsula
ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t…
Harvesting Sri Lanka’s tea was already a struggle for workers. Then came devastating floods
CRAIGHEAD ESTATE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home…
Warm weather and low snowpack bedevil Western ski resorts
EDWARDS, Colo. — Ski resorts are struggling to open runs, walk-through ice palaces can’t be built, and the…
Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments
Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans…
Lasers used in first restoration of iconic Roman monument in 40 years
Rome — Perched above rooftops in the heart of Rome, restorers on Thursday used laser beams to clean…