Australia swelters in a record heat wave as temperatures near 50 C
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122…
Winter storm threatens millions with power outages and no heat
ATLANTA (AP) — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and…
Numbers show preparations for potentially catastrophic ice storm
ATLANTA (AP) — Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic…
US House votes to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area…
Americans brace for another snowstorm as ice threatens southern states
ATLANTA (AP) — With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in…
Warming Antarctic is shifting penguin breeding and stressing two species
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for…
Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to flee
PENCO, Chile (AP) — Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people…
Judge hands offshore wind another victory against Trump, clearing way for NY project
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume…
Netanyahu says announcement of next ceasefire phase is ‘declarative move’
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed nine people, including three women,…
Freezing rain and ice disrupt travel across central and eastern Europe
PRAGUE — Freezing rain and icy conditions caused widespread travel disruptions across central and eastern Europe on Tuesday,…
Sand dredging reshapes Lagos, Nigeria, and creates peril
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets…
Deep freeze strands thousands in northern Finland
HELSINKI — Thousands of tourists were stranded in northern Finland on Sunday after flights at Kittilä airport were…