House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote The House has approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden By ALAN FRAM Associated Press February 27, 2021, 7:18 AM • 6 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twit...

UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough A new United Nations report finds that countries are not promising to do enough carbon-cutting to keep global warming from hitting dangerous levels By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer February...

House to vote on virus bill; arbiter says wage hike a no-go Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday By ALAN FRAM Associated Press February 26, 2021, 5:45 AM • 5 min read The Associated Press In...

Water near Arizona Air Force base is tainted in latest case The U.S. Air Force says it will distribute bottled water until at least April to thousands of residents near its base in suburban Phoenix By ANITA SNOW Associated Press February 26, 2021, 5:45...

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides The Senate parliamentarian has dealt a potentially lethal blow to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a massive COVID-19 reli...

For nearly 10 years, forestry and grassland bureaus at various levels in China have actively pract...

Explainer: Mount Etna puts on its latest spectacular show Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives By FRANCES DEMILIO Associated Press February 25, 2021, 4:11 PM • 4 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email...

The Associated Press In this photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, yellow crazy ants are seen in a bait testing efficacy trial at the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in December, 2015. An invasive species known as the yellow craz...

Hungry grasshoppers spurred by US drought threaten rangeland Voracious grasshoppers emerging in huge numbers are threatening to eat their way through vast areas of western rangeland where cattle graze By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press June 24, 2021, 3:5...

Take 2: Spacewalking astronauts install new solar panel Spacewalking astronauts have installed a powerful new solar panel outside the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer June 20, 2021, 7:02 PM • 3 min read Share to Facebook...