UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change
GENEVA — The head of the United Nations called Thursday for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming...
Contest winners, health worker orbiting world in SpaceX 1st
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four people on SpaceX’s first private flight are fairly ordinary, down-to-Earth types brought together by chance.
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Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws
NAMBÉ, N.M. — Carmaker Tesla has opened a store and repair shop on Native American land for the first time, marking a new approach...
Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling
Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and ban new drill sites in the unincorporated areas of...
SpaceX aiming for night launch of 4 on 1st private flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX aimed to blast a billionaire into orbit Wednesday night with his two contest winners and a health care worker...
FDA strikes neutral tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting
WASHINGTON — Influential government advisers will debate Friday if there's enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective...
Feds OK plan to cut salmon fishing when needed for orcas
SEATTLE — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed...
Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks
CUSTER CITY, S.D. — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service...
UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief is calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence technology that poses a serious risk...
Flash flood submerges southern French villages, fields
PARIS — Emergency workers rescued or evacuated hundreds of people in southern France as flash flooding abruptly turned roads and fields into rivers and...