World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans
May 27, 2025, 4:43 PM
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US peregrine falcons adapt well to city living as their coastal cousins struggle with bird flu
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) 鈥� After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has decimated other avian populations in recent years. Although falcons in coastal parts of the country have been hit hard, […]
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Arizona’s rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� Arizona’s governor and the GOP-controlled Legislature are at odds over regulating groundwater pumping in the state’s rural areas 鈥� and time is running out. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs stood with local Republican leaders at the start of this year’s session, optimistic that Republicans in the Legislature would embrace her proposal to create […]
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Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, two men face sentencing in Minnesota on Wednesday on human smuggling charges for their roles what prosecutors call an international […]
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Asian shares are mostly higher after S&P 500 rallies 2%
Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to delay a 50% tariff on goods coming from the European Union sparked a rally on Wall Street. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices rose. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.5% to 37,918.86 and traders were awaiting the outcome of an auction […]
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What we know about the escape of a former police chief and convicted killer in Arkansas
CALICO ROCK, Ark. (AP) 鈥� Officials scoured Arkansas鈥� rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend. Grant Hardin, who briefly served as police chief for the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving a decades-long sentence for murder and rape. Known as […]
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Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change
HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� Hawaii’s governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate change. The signing, which comes nearly two years after a Maui wildfire killed 102 people and wiped out almost all […]
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