A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit Saturday night in the Philippines. The quake’s epicenter was off the coast of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. at a depth of 20 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Videos and photos on X showed frightening scenes…
This December 2018 photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shows the breeding male of the Chesnimnus Pack caught on camera during the winter survey on U.S. Forest Service land in northern Wallowa County, Oregon. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File) AP hide caption toggle caption AP This December…
We all have photos that capture our precious moments in life. Whether it’s a family vacation, a graduation ceremony or a birthday party, we want to preserve these memories and share them with others. But sometimes our photos are not perfect. They might be blurry, overexposed or have unwanted objects in the background. That’s where…
As California grapples with worsening cycles of drought, a proposal to create a new water district in Butte County has sparked fears of a profit-driven water grab by large-scale farmers and outside interests. In the walnut and almond orchards along State Route 99 near Chico, agricultural landowners have led a years-long campaign to form the…
Donald Trump has picked a terrible political fight. The former president is still hellbent on repealing Obamacare. Biden and Democrats could not be more delighted by his choice. Former President Donald Trump just couldn’t help himself. All it took was a less-than 600-word editorial to set him off. Trump has never had a reputation for…
The United States will, for the first time, require oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that wafts into the atmosphere from pipelines, drill sites and storage facilities and dangerously speeds the rate of global warming. Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced…
Pope Francis, who reluctantly canceled his trip to the annual United Nations climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, because of a lung infection, sought on Saturday to lend his voice to the world’s destitute facing the brunt of climate disruption. In an address written by the pope and delivered at the summit by the…
The annual United Nations climate change conference is underway in Dubai, and swirling around the COP28 negotiations is a complex, acrimonious, international fight over money: How much capital is available to help developing countries transition to renewable energy and cope with extreme weather? Where will that investment come from? And critically, what kinds of interest…
A major auto dealer in the Washington, D.C. area sounded the alarm on customers’ distaste or disinterest in electic vehicles, in spite of the Biden administration’s subsidizing and encouragement of EV production and the looming internal-combustion-engine bans by more than a dozen states. Paul LaRochelle, vice president of Sheehy Auto Stores – which has numerous…
In 1989, a catchphrase from a medical alert company, “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up,” captured public attention. Little did we know this concept of emergency assistance would evolve so dramatically with technology. By 2018, the Apple Watch Series 4 introduced Fall Detection, a feature that has since become integral to late model Apple…