Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it would not pursue a Trump administration proposal that critics said would have weakened rules...
EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people?
<p>Cicadas, red-eyed bugs singing loud sci-fi sounding songs, can seem downright creepy. Especially since the trillions of them coming this year emerge from underground...
Chair says UN climate talks in Glasgow must be COVID-safe
BERLIN — The chair of this year's U.N. climate talks said Friday that he is planning for a physical meeting in November but that...
EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage
<p>PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surged in April after pledges
RIO DE JANEIRO — Preliminary data released Friday signaled deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon in April was the highest for that month in at least...
US drops Trump plan for more biometric data on immigrants
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a Trump-era proposal to expand the amount and types of biometric data collected by U.S. immigration...
EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people?
Cicadas, red-eyed bugs singing loud sci-fi sounding songs, can seem downright creepy. Especially since the trillions of them coming this year emerge from underground...
NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through thin Martian air
<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the...
EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage
PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...
Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight
<p>DES MOINES, Iowa — Conservatives last week gobbled up a false news story claiming President Joe Biden planned to ration red meat. Colorado Rep....