COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of...
4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia...
HP, Procter & Gamble join companies pledge to cut emissions
BERLIN — Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge to sharply cut their...
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There's more of it coming this week in...
AP Interview: UN chief warns China, US to avoid new Cold War
UNITED NATIONS — Warning of a potential new Cold War, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair...
Spanish island braces for possible earthquakes, eruption
MADRID — The residents of Spain’s La Palma island remained on alert Sunday for a possible volcanic eruption as government authorities warned of earthquakes...
Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates
BRUSSELS — The Belgian town of Aarschot has a vaccination rate of 94% of all adults, but Mayor Gwendolyn Rutten worries her town...
SpaceX’s 1st tourists homeward bound after 3 days in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four space tourists aimed for a splashdown off the Florida coast Saturday evening.
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Drought tests centuries-old water traditions in New Mexico
ABIQUIU, N.M. — At the edge of a sandstone outcropping, Teresa Leger Fernández looks out on the Rio Chama. The river tracks a diverse...
Aluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires
RENO, Nev. — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe.
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