LOS ANGELES (AP) - The total acres burned in California this year surpassed 1 million as spiking temperatures Tuesday added to the challenges facing firefighters struggling to contain a stubborn blaze in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles that flared up over the weekend.
LONDON (AP) - Britain's last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) - One of the world's most active volcanoes is erupting again in a remote part of a Hawaii national park.
SEATTLE (AP) - It’s a good thing seals aren’t on a humpback whale’s menu. A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal accidentally gulped it last Thursday in the waters off Anacortes, Washington.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Firefighters on Monday battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke. It’s the latest wildfire in the country, which is experiencing an historic drought.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA on Monday approved next month's launch to Jupiter's moon Europa after reviewing the spacecraft's ability to withstand the intense radiation there.
