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September 21, 2019

Houston area sees relief, rescues after Imelda leaves 4 dead

Emergency workers used boats Friday to rescue about 60 residents of a Houston-area community still trapped in their homes by ...

September 21, 2019

Gulf Coast seafood biz slammed by freshwater from floods

Fresh water from Midwestern floods has killed oysters along the coasts of three states and cost Mississippi half of its blue ...

September 21, 2019

Q&A: Climate activist Greta Thunberg on global strikes

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she's overwhelmed by the success of Friday's climate protests. But the ...

September 20, 2019

Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes

Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string ...

September 20, 2019

23 states sue Trump to keep California's auto emission rules

California sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking its authority to set greenhouse gas emission and fuel ...

September 20, 2019

AP Top Stories

Here's the latest for Friday, September 20th: Climate change protests held across the globe; 23 states sue to keep ...

September 20, 2019

Greta Thunberg on Climate: 'Listen to science'

Climate change protests swept the globe Friday with thousands sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The ...

September 20, 2019

Brazil aims to deflect criticism over Amazon deforestation

In July, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed global concerns about fires raging in the world's largest rainforest, ...

September 20, 2019

Twitter: Accounts targeting Ecuador's president deleted

Twitter has taken down 1,019 accounts in Ecuador, saying they're mostly fake and aimed at undermining President Lenín Moreno.

September 20, 2019

Climate change will grab globe's focus with summit, strikes

Get ready to hear about global warming — or the "climate emergency " as the United Nations is calling it. In the next week, ...

September 20, 2019

Families struggle to meet Kashmiris lodged in Indian jail

Hameeda Begum explained her arduous journey from the Himalayan region of disputed Kashmir to the hot and humid room in the ...

September 20, 2019

Payouts from insurance policies may fuel ransomware attacks

The call came on a Saturday in July delivering grim news: Many of the computer systems serving the government of LaPorte ...

September 20, 2019

Twitter, Facebook close accounts linked to Spanish party

Twitter and Facebook say they have removed 365 fake accounts linked to Spain's conservative Popular Party that were used to ...

September 20, 2019

City gardens, produce stands ease food desert woes

Atlanta, Chicago and other large cities across the country are taking a multipronged approach to bringing healthy diets to ...

September 20, 2019

Haze from Indonesian fires now affecting Philippines

Haze blown by monsoon winds from fires in Indonesia has begun affecting some areas of the Philippines and raised concerns ...

September 20, 2019

Young people lead global climate change protests

In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday ...

September 20, 2019

Scientists prepare for year-long expedition to Arctic center

Researchers from more than a dozen nations prepared Friday to launch the biggest and most complex expedition ever attempted ...

September 20, 2019

Google plans to invest 3 billion euros in Europe

Google is planning to invest 3 billion euros to expand its data centers across Europe in the next two years. The tech giant's ...

September 20, 2019

2 dead as Imelda strands drivers, floods homes in Texas

The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda flooded parts of Texas on Thursday, leaving at least two people dead and ...

September 20, 2019

Hurricane rips roofs, cuts power in Bermuda, but no deaths

Hurricane Humberto blew off rooftops, toppled trees and knocked out power as it blew past the British Atlantic island of ...