[ad_1] McALLEN, Texas — Planes dropped fire retardant over the Texas Panhandle on Sunday and a small community was ordered to evacuate as firefighters kept up...
[ad_1] ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after...
[ad_1] MECCA, Calif. — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water cooler...
[ad_1] NAIROBI, Kenya — The world’s top decision-making body on the environment is meeting in Kenya’s capital on Monday to discuss how countries can work together...
[ad_1] OMAHA, Neb. — A warm front swept springlike weather across a large swath of the country Sunday in what is usually one of the coldest...
[ad_1] SINGAPORE — A crack of thunder booms as dozens of screens in a locked office flash between live video of cars splashing through wet roads,...
[ad_1] TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of...
[ad_1] SINGAPORE — The Singapore Airshow â Asiaâs largest â kicked off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by Chinaâs COMAC C919 narrow-body...
[ad_1] EVANSVILLE, Wis. — The first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4 million in damage, officials...
[ad_1] ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An avalanche on Alaskaâs Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skiier and injured two others, prompting warnings for people to stay away from...
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the...
[ad_1] MEREDITH, N.H. — Every winter, Pete Kibble and the guys he plays social hockey with in Massachusetts make the trek up to New Hampshire to...
[ad_1] MEREDITH, N.H. — Every winter, Pete Kibble and the guys he plays social hockey with in Massachusetts make the trek up to New Hampshire to...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles,...
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or...
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS — The long road of bringing the World Cup in cross country skiing back to the U.S. has hit one final speed bump: the...
[ad_1] SAVANNAH, Ga. — A company’s plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval...
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia — A presidential election in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, is highlighting choices to be made as the country seeks to profit from...
[ad_1] MUYNAK, Uzbekistan — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and...
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — The number of monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since...