BENGALURU, India (AP) Tense negotiations at final meeting on a loss and damage fund An international fund to help poor countries hit hard by global warming concluded Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years. The United States and several developing countries … Read more
Los Angles — Ken Mattingly, the astronaut best remembered for his efforts on Earth to return the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, has died, NASA has announced. He was 87 years old. “We lost one of our nation’s heroes on Oct. 31,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement Thursday. Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II was … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Northern New Mexico or a failure appears to be the case of at least one Mexican gray wolf determined to wander beyond the limits set for the management of the most common gray wolf subspecies rare from North America. Federal and state wildlife managers confirmed Thursday that the endangered wolf wolf had … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) Peter Bates was dropping his car off at the mechanic this month when a notification rang on his phone: killer whales were approaching his Seattle neighborhood. He hopped on a bus headed to the water, then onto an electric bike. He was pedaling along a riverside path when black fins and white spots … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Federal officials said Wednesday that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point where a plan by California, Arizona and Nevada to voluntarily reduce water use should help keep the river basin on a stable footing for the next few years. . The U.S. Department of the Interior said in … Read more
St. Louis Zoo officials say a female Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo died shortly after her herd became agitated because of a small dog on the loose. By JIM SALTER Associated Press October 18, 2023, 12:20 p.m. ET 3 minutes of reading ST. LOUIS — A female Asian elephant at the St. Louis … Read more