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…
Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surf
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week…
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…
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…
Florida Republicans ask Trump to drop plan for oil drilling off state’s coasts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would…
Ukraine’s Sea Baby drones hit Russian oil tankers in Black Sea
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in…
Canada plans Pacific pipeline to export oil beyond the US
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta…
Mexico rejects Trump’s offer of US military strikes against cartels — again
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Tuesday ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels on Mexican soil,…
Lingering thunderstorms bring flooding risk after atmospheric river drenches much of California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six…
Flash flood warning issued as atmospheric river hits Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on…
One photo that captures tenderness amid chaos in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong hits
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Judy Bertuso, 63, leans forward inside a bright orange tent set up on the…
Tens of thousands of people evacuate as typhoon approaches eastern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate to safer grounds and prohibited…