France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards
PARIS — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end…
Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean well north of Hawaii
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Tropical Storm Henriette rapidly strengthened into a hurricane Sunday in the central Pacific Ocean…
More than 70 million Americans have sweated through muggiest summer start on record
More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate…
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…
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…
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention…
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…
4 rare Barbary lion cubs born in Czech zoo park
DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a…
Czech zoo welcomes 4 rare Barbary lion cubs whose population is extinct in the wild
DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital…
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center: judge considers threats to environment
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether to stop construction of an immigration detention…
Scientists identify the killer of 5 billion starfish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5…