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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords

Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8.
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Tornadoes damage homes and power lines as storms wallop Midwest and South

Tornadoes damage homes and power lines as storms wallop Midwest and South

Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air.
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This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash such unusual rain they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods.
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Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

A federal judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the agency broke the law when it swiftly terminated $20 billion worth of grants awarded to nonprofits for a green bank by allegedly bulldozing past
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Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

HARRISBURG, Pa.
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Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired.
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PHOTO COLLECTION: South East Asia Earthquake

PHOTO COLLECTION: South East Asia Earthquake

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
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Maple hardwood, the very foundation of the Final Four, is ingrained with basketball's rich history

Maple hardwood, the very foundation of the Final Four, is ingrained with basketball's rich history

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel alongside another .
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Maple hardwood, the very foundation of the Final Four, is ingrained with basketball's rich history

Maple hardwood, the very foundation of the Final Four, is ingrained with basketball's rich history

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel alongside another .
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Slovakia approves cull of 350 bears after man mauled to death in latest fatal attack

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia on Wednesday approved a plan to cull 350 bears following the latest deadly attack on a human. A 59-year-old man whose body was found in central Slovakia on Sunday appeared to have been mauled, authorities said.
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