environment and nature

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to more than 2 million lower-income adults to help…

By ZEKE MILLER and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to…

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. - Associated Press A town on North Carolina's Outer Banks issued a public plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the oceanfront just hours before a man died at a New…

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But is she also…

Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or…

By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of the nationwide baby formula shortage is a single factory: Abbott Nutrition's plant that has been closed for more than three…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy has died from his injuries a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park, officials said Monday.The boy had been digging a tunnel into the…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Now is the time to head off a COVID-19 surge like the one that swamped area hospitals last summer, the head of the New Orleans Health Department said Tuesday.Case counts average 155 a day, five times…

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from parents and politicians, President Joe Biden’s administration announced steps Monday to ease a nationwide shortage…