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October 17, 2019

London commuters scuffle with climate activists

Angry commuters have scuffled with climate activists who climbed onto the roofs of trains, snarling services in the busy ...

October 17, 2019

Japan PM visits storm-hit areas, royal parade may be delayed

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting towns devasted by the deadly typhoon to meet residents to assess damage and ...

October 17, 2019

Groups: Saving Mexican gray wolves requires new approach

Dozens of environmental groups and scientists are asking U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the ...

October 17, 2019

Book: Trump mulled order to close parts of VA health system

Eager for changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump toyed early on with issuing an executive ...

October 16, 2019

Scientists discover big storms can create 'stormquakes'

Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they're calling them ...

October 16, 2019

Farmers blame Trump for biofuels rule they view as betrayal

Agriculture commodity groups and some farmers expressed frustration and anger Wednesday with a rule released by the ...

October 16, 2019

Trump rule may mean 1 million kids lose automatic free lunch

Nearly a million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration ...

October 16, 2019

Dutch farmers protest efforts to cut emissions, reduce herds

Thousands of Dutch farmers, many driving tractors, poured into The Hague on Wednesday to protest government moves to rein in ...

October 16, 2019

China's Huawei reports sales gain despite US sanctions

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Wednesday reported a double-digit gain in sales despite U.S. sanctions that threaten to disrupt ...

October 16, 2019

Google touts privacy options, but still depends on your data

Google's latest phone and smart-home devices came packaged with a not-so-subtle message: Google cares about your privacy.

October 15, 2019

NASA unveils new spacesuits for Artemis program

NASA has unveiled two next generation spacesuits for its Artemis program as the space agency prepares to send astronauts to ...

October 15, 2019

Conservationists seek protection of California Joshua trees

The western Joshua tree needs protection under the California Endangered Species Act because of threats from climate change ...

October 15, 2019

What Can Be Saved? Owl killings spur moral debate

In a last-ditch effort to save spotted owls, federal officials are killing hundreds of barred owls in the hopes they can ...

October 15, 2019

Removal of Notre Dame's melted scaffold to begin 'in weeks'

Melted scaffolding atop fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in the coming weeks" to allow restoration work to ...

October 15, 2019

More victims, more damage found in Japan typhoon aftermath

The toll of death and destruction from a typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan climbed Tuesday, as the ...

October 15, 2019

Legendary Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov buried in Russia

Alexei Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has been laid to rest at a memorial cemetery outside the Russian capital ...

October 15, 2019

Flooded bullet trains show Japan's risks from disasters

The typhoon that ravaged Japan last week hit with unusual speed and ferocity, leaving homes buried in mud and people stranded ...

October 15, 2019

Pacific Northwest tribes: Remove Columbia River dams

Two Pacific Northwest tribes on Monday demanded the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River to save ...

October 15, 2019

Japan storm victims felt worst had passed, then floods came

After the worst of Typhoon Hagibis passed over this town north of Tokyo, Kazuo Saito made sure there was no water outside his ...

October 15, 2019

The Latest: Nobel winner thought message was scam at first

The Latest on the Nobel Prize in economics (all times local): 1 a.m. Tuesday Michael Kremer was worried the Skype message was ...