climate
Tropical Storm Alberto: 1st named storm of season forms in Gulf
U.S.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed on Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what ...
US Severe weather: Extreme heat in Southwest, Gulf rain and Rockies snow
U.S.
PHOENIX (AP) — Heat and cold extremes are expected this week in the U.S. Officials warned Southwest residents to take precautions as ...
Severe, chaotic weather around US with high temperatures in Southwest and Midwest, snow in Rockies
U.S.
PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat spread across Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Texas, Colorado and Kansas as severe weather swept across ...
California firefighters battle wildfire east of San Francisco
U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California firefighters expected to gain ground Sunday on a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles ...
North Korea’s trash rains down onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means
World
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds ...
Severe Memorial Day weather: Powerful US storms head east after killing 20
U.S.
A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 21 ...
Howler monkeys are dropping dead from the trees in Mexico in brutal heat wave
World
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of ...
Biden to release 1 million barrels of gasoline in bid to lower prices at pump
Business
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after ...
Houston faces heat risk, endangering thousands without power after storms
U.S.
HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left ...
US Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
U.S.
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge ...