Japan to announce Fukushima water release into sea soon
TOKYO — The Japanese government has decided to dispose of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water stored in tanks at the wrecked...
A year after COVID-19 superspreader, family finds closure
<p>SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — With dish soap, brushes and plastic water jugs in hand, Carole Rae Woodmansee’s four children cleaned the gravestone their mother shares...
Israeli academic won’t receive prize after signing petition
<p>JERUSALEM — Israel's top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister's decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving the country's highest honor...
University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that usually accepts about three...
Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast
<p>MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea...
US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at...
Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...
BP spill rescue pelican returns from Georgia to Louisiana
<p>QUEEN BESS ISLAND, La. — A pelican rescued from the <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/deepwater-horizon-spill">2010 oil spill,</a> cleaned of oil and released in Georgia has returned 700...
Welsh soccer team Swansea boycotts social media over racism
SWANSEA, Wales — Swansea City and its players will boycott social media over the racist abuse sent on the platforms, the club announced on...
Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
<p>A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said...