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Death toll from floods across southern Germany rises to 6

Death toll from floods across southern Germany rises to 6

BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to six on Wednesday as police recovered the body of a woman missing since the weekend from a canal in Bavaria.
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Record highs expected to fall as Southwest US bakes in first heat wave of season earlier than usual

Record highs expected to fall as Southwest US bakes in first heat wave of season earlier than usual

PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest, with dangerously hot conditions that produced triple-digit temperatures on Tuesday.
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New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated.
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Judge considers fate of two pit bulls after deadly attack in Calgary

Judge considers fate of two pit bulls after deadly attack in Calgary

CALGARY — Almost two years to the day after 86-year-old Betty Ann Williams was mauled to death in a dog attack, the owner of the pit bulls appeared in court trying to keep them all from being put down.
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Alberta government reducing independence of province's energy regulator: Opposition

Alberta government reducing independence of province's energy regulator: Opposition

EDMONTON — Alberta's energy minister is undermining the independence of its energy regulator, one of several examples of the United Conservative Party government extending its grasp into supposedly arm's-length public agencies, observers say.
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Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over mercury contamination

Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over mercury contamination

TORONTO — A northern Ontario First Nation that has been plagued by mercury poisoning for decades said Tuesday it is suing the governments of Ontario and Canada over mercury contamination in a river system that flows through its territory.
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Maine company plans to launch small satellites starting in 2025

Maine company plans to launch small satellites starting in 2025

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast's most rural state said they will start launches next year.
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New Brunswick's Twin Rivers pulp mill fined $250,000 for polluting Madawaska River

New Brunswick's Twin Rivers pulp mill fined $250,000 for polluting Madawaska River

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — The Twin Rivers Paper Company in New Brunswick has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to allowing a failed pipeline to dump pulp and paper process water into the Madawaska River.
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Baby eels worth up to $350K destined for overseas market intercepted in Nova Scotia

Baby eels worth up to $350K destined for overseas market intercepted in Nova Scotia

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Federal fisheries officials say they seized 60 kilograms of baby eels worth between $250,000 and $350,000 at a ground transport facility in Dartmouth, N.S., on Friday.
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Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S.
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