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Future of UK's renowned Lovell radio telescope in question after funding cut A supergroup of 300 humpback whales gather to feed Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into trouble Ebola cases in Congo top 3,200, nearing record of country's worst outbreak 15 elephants die in Kenya's Amboseli National Park
Wisconsin Tornado stayed on the ground for more than 20 minutes
How wildfires impact your health
'You can't put it out': Spanish firefighters describe record blaze
A generational divide reshapes Italy's nuclear debate
Uganda declares itself free of Ebola after last patient discharged
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Ugandan authorities said on Tuesday the East African country is “free” of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague a remote part of neighboring Congo.
Spanish PM on wildfires as elderly and animals evacuated in Madrid region

Spanish PM on wildfires as elderly and animals evacuated in Madrid region

Toll from China landslide rises to 11 dead, with 50 still missing

Beijing (AP) – Teams searching the rubble of last week’s landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing found three additional bodies in recent days, bringing the death toll to 11 with 50 people still missing, Chinese authorities said Thursday.

50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains

GUWAHATI, India (AP) – Flooding in India’s northeastern Assam state has killed at least 50 people and displaced 700,000 after days of heavy monsoon rain that overflowed the Brahmaputra River, officials said Friday.

What experts are saying as Ebola outbreaks in Congo and Uganda

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Congo as health officials race to contain a virus with no approved vaccine or treatment.

Emergency services evacuate urban areas in central Spain as wildfire approaches

Emergency services evacuate urban areas in central Spain as wildfire approaches

Hurricane Fausto expected to approach Hawaiian Islands next week

MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Fausto has strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to approach the Hawaiian Islands next week, forecasters said.

This year's Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – The Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 people, reaching the grim milestone nearly three times faster than the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic that is considered the worst on record.

France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave

PARIS (AP) – France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people

BUNIA, Congo (AP) – More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread.

US actions harm global efforts to prevent HIV in dozens of countries
5th person dies in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City
Beaches closed as Tropical Storm Bertha crawls along Gulf Coast