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Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave

Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave

STILLWATER, Minn.
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Fire on outskirts of Hay River gets significant rain, officials say

Fire on outskirts of Hay River gets significant rain, officials say

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Wildfire officials in the Northwest Territories say a community that's been evacuated for weeks due to a wildfire has received significant rain this weekend.
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Taiwan suspends work, transport and classes as Typhoon Haikui slams into the island

Taiwan suspends work, transport and classes as Typhoon Haikui slams into the island

BEIJING (AP) — Much of southern Taiwan came to a standstill Sunday as Typhoon Haikui churned over towns and farmland.
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Madrid prepares for heavy rain, cancels trains and soccer game

Madrid prepares for heavy rain, cancels trains and soccer game

MADRID (AP) — Forecasts of heavy rain in central Spain on Sunday led authorities to shut down train lines, cancel a Spanish league soccer game and order citizens to stay indoors.
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As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared

As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come.
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Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne's legacy is getting a second look at Ohio's Wayne National Forest

Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne's legacy is getting a second look at Ohio's Wayne National Forest

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens have never stopped helping the U.S.
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Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything

Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and her family don't yet know what they will do for housing long-term.
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Fifty properties on evacuation order in three B.C. wildfire zones dropped to alert

Fifty properties on evacuation order in three B.C. wildfire zones dropped to alert

VICTORIA — Evacuation orders for a total of 50 properties in West Kelowna and two other British Columbia wildfire areas were lifted Saturday and downgraded to alert status.
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2 people charged with looting as residents worry about burglaries following Hurricane Idalia

2 people charged with looting as residents worry about burglaries following Hurricane Idalia

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla.
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Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back

Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back

The charred hills surrounding Okanagan Lake in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict.
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