LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) 鈥� For people around the world, the green leaves that sprouted from a scorched, 150-year-old banyan tree in the heart of devastated Lahaina symbolized hope following Maui鈥檚 <a ...
With <a href="http://www.apnews.com/climate-and-environment">warmer</a> oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.Last ...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) 鈥� New Hampshire announced a tenfold increase in patrols along the Canadian border Thursday, with Republican leaders promising to use state and local law enforcement to close what they consider a potentially dangerous gap in public safety.鈥淭here鈥檚 national security ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) 鈥� Kansas is poised to nearly double its lawmakers' pay in 2025 in hopes of attracting more diverse members, only months after the Legislature boosted the salaries of other state officials.A commission created by the Republican-controlled Legislature to study lawmakers' pay ...
As climate change intensifies extreme heat, farms are becoming less hospitable to nesting birds, a new study found. That could be another barrier to maintaining rapidly eroding biodiversity that also provides benefits to humans, including farmers who get free pest control when birds eat ...
WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) 鈥� A Georgia deputy fatally shot a Black man at point-blank range during a traffic stop after the man, who <a href="https://apnews.com/article/deputy-shooting-georgia-exonerated-innocence-project-7a38975dc24aa81129445088f6957cdc">had been wrongfully imprisoned ...
