How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them.

Senate reversal of Biden policy that blocked Wyoming coal mining heads to Trump

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – A Senate vote Thursday would restore mining industry access to government-owned coal in the most productive U.S. region, a policy reversal from President Joe Biden that is likely to get President Donald Trump’s signature.

Joe Biden to attend Dick Cheney's funeral, as Donald Trump remains silent

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former president Joe Biden will attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, which will feature remarks from another former president, George W. Bush.

Coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) – Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of each one’s scarred lungs.

Trump faces rare Republican pushback as he presses Senate to scrap the filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans in Congress have spent most of the year acquiescing to President Donald Trump’s demands – they’ve quickly confirmed his Cabinet nominees, passed his ” big beautiful bill ” of tax and spending cuts and kept his broad tariffs in place despite deep reservations.

Dick Cheney's political legacy is mixed in home state of Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Political stars often rise and fall but few have had a more dramatic trajectory than Dick Cheney in his home state of Wyoming.

Dick Cheney, Former Vice President, Dies at 84

WASHINGTON (AP) – Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84. Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said Tuesday.

Carbon capture pipelines have struggled to advance. A project in Nebraska found success

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A multi-state carbon capture pipeline began operating in September, reducing emissions from Midwest ethanol plants and carrying that carbon dioxide gas to be forever buried underground in Wyoming – an achievement after years of complaints, lawsuits and legislation blocked similar efforts by other companies.

US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Federal officials rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade.