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Residents wait for public transportation in an area, affected by floods, in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards demand resignation of Valencia leader for bungling flood response

Residents wait for public transportation in an area, affected by floods, in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

November 10, 2024, 12:58pm Nation & World

Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week’s catastrophic floods that left more than 200 dead and others missing. Read story

A Santa Paula cattle rancher walks away from the carcass of one of his animals that died amid extreme drought conditions in 2014.

Climate change identified as main driver of worsening drought in the Western United States

A Santa Paula cattle rancher walks away from the carcass of one of his animals that died amid extreme drought conditions in 2014.

November 10, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven by the burning of fossil fuels and unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases, has become the main driver of worsening droughts in California and the American West, according to new research. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election results watch party as his commanding victory over Kamala Harris is apparent on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

White evangelical voters show steadfast support for Donald Trump’s presidency

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election results watch party as his commanding victory over Kamala Harris is apparent on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

November 10, 2024, 6:00am Churches & Religion

After former President Donald Trump gave his victory speech early Wednesday, at the Palm Beach Convention Center, dozens of his supporters gathered in a lobby to sing “How Great Thou Art,” reciting from memory the words and harmonies of a classic hymn, popular among evangelical Christians. Read story

FILE - A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready

FILE - A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. (AP Photo/Gene J.

November 10, 2024, 5:43am Business

Early one morning last year, as state Rep. Josh Bray left his small town of Mount Vernon in southeastern Kentucky to make his way to the Capitol in Frankfort, he decided to count how many drivers he saw texting or distracted by something else. Read story

Key Deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that have thrived in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, interact as they walk through a residential neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Big Pine Key, Fla.

Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise

Key Deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that have thrived in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, interact as they walk through a residential neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Big Pine Key, Fla.

November 10, 2024, 5:39am Life

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — The world’s only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico on the Florida Keys. For years, their biggest threat was being struck by vehicles speeding along… Read story

To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks

November 10, 2024, 5:34am Business

Over her 25 years living in a quiet suburban mobile home park, Kristi Peterman got to know the neighbors directly next door and a few across the street. Read story

Golden mussels attached to a rock. Golden mussels, an invasive freshwater bivalve that has devastated ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, were recently discovered near the Port of Stockton in California.

Invasive mussel found in North America for first time, poses immediate threat in California’s delta

Golden mussels attached to a rock. Golden mussels, an invasive freshwater bivalve that has devastated ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, were recently discovered near the Port of Stockton in California.

November 10, 2024, 5:34am Nation & World

A particularly-worrisome mussel species has snuck into North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — sparking what many are calling an immediate threat to California’s most significant watersheds. Read story

FILE - A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen on a well pad near Watford City, N.D., on Aug. 26, 2021. Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday, April 12, 2024, by the Biden administration. The Interior Department rule does not go so far as to prohibit new oil and gas leasing on public lands, as many environmental groups have urged and as President Joe Biden promised during the 2020 campaign.

The world promised to tame methane. Emissions are still rising

FILE - A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen on a well pad near Watford City, N.D., on Aug. 26, 2021. Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday, April 12, 2024, by the Biden administration. The Interior Department rule does not go so far as to prohibit new oil and gas leasing on public lands, as many environmental groups have urged and as President Joe Biden promised during the 2020 campaign.

November 10, 2024, 5:31am Business

Sitting in his cramped office in Paris, Manfredi Caltagirone admits that one of the world’s highest-profile efforts to cut methane emissions so far isn’t stopping the gas from escaping and warming the atmosphere. Read story

According to the American Bar Association, immigration lawyers in the U.S. are fielding a larger than usual number of questions about getting a second passport or obtaining permanent residency abroad.

How to get dual citizenship in Ireland, Italy or another country

According to the American Bar Association, immigration lawyers in the U.S. are fielding a larger than usual number of questions about getting a second passport or obtaining permanent residency abroad.

November 10, 2024, 5:30am Nation & World

For one reason or another, Americans occasionally find themselves asking what steps are needed to become a citizen of another country. According to the American Bar Association, immigration lawyers in the U.S. are fielding a larger than usual number of questions about getting a second passport or obtaining permanent residency… Read story

This Tuesday, June 14, 2016 photo Leo Block, left, Matari Phason, center, and Brian Juarez, right, push part of a shipment of 20,000 water bottles donated by Yellow Cab of Phoenix to Central Arizona Shelter Services, Arizona&#039;s largest homeless shelter, to help prepare for the summer heat in Phoenix, Ariz.

Arizona voters back homeless crackdown. Will other states follow?

This Tuesday, June 14, 2016 photo Leo Block, left, Matari Phason, center, and Brian Juarez, right, push part of a shipment of 20,000 water bottles donated by Yellow Cab of Phoenix to Central Arizona Shelter Services, Arizona&#039;s largest homeless shelter, to help prepare for the summer heat in Phoenix, Ariz.

November 9, 2024, 12:41pm Nation & World

Arizona voters have approved a first-in-the-nation ballot initiative intended to force local police to crack down harder on homeless encampments. Read story