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December 15, 2019

Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal

Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters ...

December 15, 2019

AP EXPLAINS: How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition

This year's U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid, the longest in 25 nearly annual such gatherings, ended Sunday with major ...

December 15, 2019

Retiring Farmers Union president: Family farms still viable

As Roger Johnson prepares to step down after 11 years leading the National Farmers Union group, he’s well aware of the many ...

December 15, 2019

Greta Thunberg, German railway company in tweetstorm

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany's national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo ...

December 15, 2019

Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building ...

December 15, 2019

Indonesia nabs 2 suspected smugglers of leopard, lion cubs

Indonesian police said Sunday that they have arrested two men suspected of being part of a ring that poaches and trades in ...

December 15, 2019

Preservation or development? Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads

Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt ...

December 15, 2019

North Korea says new tests will help it counter US threats

North Korea said it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that will further ...

December 15, 2019

Cyberattack on New Orleans city computers called 'minimal'

Officials announced Saturday that no data was held for ransom and that a recovery operation is getting underway after a ...

December 15, 2019

US finally giving boot to official foot measurement

Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two ...

December 14, 2019

Specialist teams hope to recover last 2 volcano victims

Specialist teams were due to return to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday to resume a land search for the bodies ...

December 14, 2019

Louisiana sues California over alligator ban

Louisiana is suing the state of California over its decision to ban the import and sale of alligator products, saying the ban ...

December 14, 2019

Science Says: Diet plays big role in how huge whales can get

Whales are big, but why aren't they bigger? A new study says it's basically about how many calories they can take in.

December 14, 2019

Cyberattack, ransomware hobbles New Orleans city government

Ransomware was detected after a suspected cyberattack prompted a shutdown of city government computers in New Orleans on ...

December 14, 2019

Documents: Mining company writing own environmental report

Documents show the U.S. Forest Service allowing a Canadian company to write a key environmental report on its proposed ...

December 13, 2019

Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau

Opponents of the Trump administration's plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country's public lands ...

December 13, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Bloomberg says he's killing coal. He's not

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg broadly, repeatedly — and wrongly — took a huge amount of credit Friday ...

December 13, 2019

Thunberg calls for `fight for tomorrow' at Italy protest

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Friday asked young people to fight for their future in the next decade, as ...

December 13, 2019

As California thins forests to limit fire risk, some resist

Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled ...

December 13, 2019

Mediterranean pen shell listed as critically endangered

A fan mussel found only in the Mediterranean was officially added to the list of critically endangered species, after ...