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A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist

A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago
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Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang

Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos doesn't have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and historical sites to bring in visitors.
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B.C.'s dramatic temperature swings put stress on bees and cattle

B.C.'s dramatic temperature swings put stress on bees and cattle

VANCOUVER — Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival.
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California pummeled by first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers as 'Pineapple Express' sweeps state

California pummeled by first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers as 'Pineapple Express' sweeps state

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rain flooded California roadways and much-needed snow piled up in the mountains as the first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pummeled the state Thursday.
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It's so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing

It's so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero.
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Vibrations in cooling system mean new Georgia nuclear reactor will again be delayed

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. said Thursday that vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay when the unit begins generating power.
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Drought-stricken villages in Spain's northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing

Drought-stricken villages in Spain's northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing

GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Plastic jugs in hand, Joan Torrent takes a path into the woods in search of drinking water.
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New videos show towers of fire that prompted evacuations after last year's fiery Ohio derailment

New videos show towers of fire that prompted evacuations after last year's fiery Ohio derailment

Residents of eastern Ohio can now get an up-close view in newly released videos of the twin toxic towers of fire that forced them from their homes last February after officials decided to blow open five tank cars filled with vinyl chloride they worri
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What's an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon

What's an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon

The storm that pummeled California this week was fueled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended across the Pacific to near Hawaii.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference

Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last y
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