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After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril

After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said.
Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify

Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify

BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people threatened by storm-swollen rivers were evacuated in China's northeast on Friday while areas on the outskirts of Beijing cleared debris from flooding that wrecked roads, knocked out power and left neighborhoods in s
A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat

A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat

SPATA, Greece (AP) — At first sight, Tiembe studies his frozen breakfast with hesitation: Chunks of red meat and bone packed in a foot-long block of ice. The 15-year-old Angolan lion eventually licks the ice before gnawing free pieces of meat.
Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

LONDON (AP) — Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and India restricted some of its rice exp
As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain

As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain

TOKYO (AP) — Residents of Japan's southwestern islands were warned of high winds and rain Friday through the weekend as Typhoon Khanun made a U-turn and is now moving back east.

A month's worth of rain floods Vermont town, with more on the way

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's latest summer storm dumped a month’s worth of rain in one community, leading to the rescue of three people from a car roof, and more rain was in the forecast Friday.

Landslide hits Georgia mountain resort, killing seven people and leaving more than 30 missing

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A landslide hit a resort area in the mountains of the country of Georgia, killing at least seven people and leaving more than 30 missing, officials and news reports said Friday. The landslide hit the Shovi area on Thursday.
Adams Lake wildfire flares as wind, harsh terrain challenge B.C. on multiple fronts

Adams Lake wildfire flares as wind, harsh terrain challenge B.C. on multiple fronts

VANCOUVER — It was a scene of confusion, sadness and fear in what is usually an idyllic lakeside community as a "drastic wind shift" caught fire forecasters off guard in British Columbia's Shuswap region on Wednesday.
California high court says county can't enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels

California high court says county can't enforce oil well ban as state debates future of fossil fuels

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river

Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday.
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