World shares slip and gold sets a fresh record high of over $3,550 per ounce
BANGKOK — The price of gold hit a new record and world shares were mostly lower on Tuesday…
Tropical Storm Kiko forms in eastern Pacific Ocean; no immediate threat to land
MIAMI — A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, more than a thousand miles…
A downturn in international travel to the U.S. may last beyond summer, experts warn
LAS VEGAS — For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking…
Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves
“With what? I can’t talk to people?” co-star Adam Driver shouts back. Gray wolves were hunted nearly to…
Brazil’s soybean moratorium pause raises deforestation concerns
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A move in Brazil to suspend a soybean moratorium has scientists and environmentalists warning…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
A by-the-numbers look at E-Verify, the US system used to determine employment eligibility
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — Some U.S. businesses verify applicants’ eligibility to work using an online government…
Robotic bunnies deployed to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades…
Online age checks driving concerns they curtail internet freedoms
Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face…
Van Gogh Museum may close if the Dutch government doesn’t help fund repairs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Amsterdam museum that displays a priceless collection of works by one of the…
Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom
Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face…
Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study finds
ATHENS, Greece — Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey,…