Fishing in vast Pacific nature area halted after judge blocks Trump order
HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a…
Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland
ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a…
France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that…
France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
PARIS — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would…
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program intended to help…
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention…
France’s biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris
PARIS (AP) — France’s biggest wildfire this summer was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near the…
Officials shut down remote krill fishery in Antarctica early
MIAMI (AP) — Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the…
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars
WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion…
Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals
LONDON (AP) — Authorities in Scotland canceled trains, closed parks and warned people to tie down backyard trampolines…
Smoke from Canada brings unhealthy air to large swaths of Midwest
Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at least…