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Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia.

Mar 29, 2023 4:22 AM Read more >

Hawaii authorities say 33 swimmers were harassing dolphins

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island.

Mar 29, 2023 3:13 AM Read more >

Spain clean energy case shakes confidence in EU investment

MADRID (AP) — Renewable energy investors who lost subsidies promised by Spain are heading to a London court to try to claw back $125 million from the government — a decadelong dispute with ramifications for clean energy financing across the European

Mar 29, 2023 1:09 AM Read more >

Daughter: Mississippi tornado victim was ‘beautiful soul’

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — With her sister behind the wheel, Queen'terica Jones rushed across the flat Mississippi Delta as a powerful tornado bore down on their mother's home.

Mar 28, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >

Another powerful Pacific storm hits soggy, snowy California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A powerful weather system from the Gulf of Alaska pushed into Northern California on Tuesday, bringing more wind, rain and snow to a state battered by months of storms .

Mar 28, 2023 6:59 PM Read more >

Vancouver city council votes to repeal 25-cent single-use cup fee, effective May 1

VANCOUVER — Businesses in Vancouver will no longer be required to charge a fee for single-use cups as of May 1, a move that reverses a decision by the previous city council.

Mar 28, 2023 6:53 PM Read more >

Mississippi tornado victims wonder, 'How can we rebuild?'

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells’ Mississippi home also hurled a massive tractor tire that landed near him in the living room as his wife huddled in the laundry room.

Mar 28, 2023 6:14 PM Read more >

Tornado-spawning storms may get worse due to warming

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms , according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabam

Mar 28, 2023 5:32 PM Read more >

Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak

EDMONTON — The Alberta Energy Regulator says it's looking for an investigator to dig into releases of oilsands tailings and tailings-contaminated water that weren't made public for nine months.

Mar 28, 2023 4:14 PM Read more >

EPA cites 2 oil and gas firms over Permian Basin pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation's largest oil and gas

Mar 28, 2023 2:22 PM Read more >