Crews watching weather as wildfire burns near sequoias
THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Crews were watching the weather this weekend as they battled California wildfires that have burned into some groves of gigantic...
Fire crews struggling to save California giant sequoias
THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous...
Quite a catch: Catfish shatters state, maybe world, record
A white catfish caught in Connecticut last month has smashed a state record and could also be a world record for the species —...
Judge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and...
Tourists fined $500 for touching Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU — A woman from Louisiana who was honeymooning in Hawaii has been fined $500 after a social media video showed her touching an...
Coalition blasts plans to divert Colorado River amid drought
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Farmers, environmentalists and small-town business owners gathered at Hoover Dam on Thursday to call for a moratorium on pipelines and...
‘Some crumbs’: Critics urge rejection of $641M Flint deal
DETROIT — A federal judge listened Tuesday to Flint residents who were victims of the city's lead-contaminated water, a step in determining whether she...
Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights...
Cyprus forest fire that killed 4 now under control
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A deadly brush fire that claimed four lives and has been described as the most destructive blaze in Cyprus' 61-year history...
New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a...