DULUTH — Many roads across Minnesota’s Arrowhead region were flooded and washed out Tuesday night into Wednesday morning after waves of thunderstorms dropped more than 7 inches of rain in some areas. Parts of the Iron Range across to the … Continued
By BRIAN MELLEY (Associated Press) LONDON (AP) — Two climate protesters who sprayed orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument in southern England were arrested Wednesday after two bystanders appeared to intervene and stop them. The latest act by Just … Continued
By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer) LISLE, Illinois (AP) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by … Continued
Around Galveston, Sam Collins III is better known as Professor Juneteenth. For the past 20 years, Collins, 54, has devoted his life to educating the public about Juneteenth—the commemoration of June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger and his … Continued
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL (Associated Press) ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in … Continued
KYIV, Ukraine — As evening falls, the streets are mostly dark in Ukraine’s capital. Russia has been systematically destroying the country’s national power grid as Western allies have dawdled over providing promised air defense systems. The whir of generators has … Continued