Flames menace multiple towns as wildfire grows into one of the largest in Texas history
CANADIAN, Texas — A cluster of wildfires that scorched the Texas Panhandle included a blaze that grew into one of…
US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, answering a recent surge in attacks…
Court lifts moratorium on federal coal sales in a setback for Dems and environmentalists
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in…
Dad in gender-reveal that sparked fatal 2020 California wildfire has pleaded guilty
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a…
Proposed mine outside Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp nears approval despite environment damage concerns
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A company’s plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected…
Much of US still gripped by Arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as…
Brutally cold weather expected to hit storm-battered South and Northeast US this weekend
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be…
Alaska governor’s budget plan includes roughly $3,400 checks for residents and deficit of nearly $1B
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a budget plan Thursday that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend…
Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial wind power onto US grid
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto…
Florida discontinues manatee winter feeding program after seagrass conditions improve
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as…