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Killer whales damage boats in Spanish, Portuguese waters in puzzling new behavior

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members.
Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles

Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles

ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced Thursday they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai's new electric vehicle assembly plant in southeast Georgia.
Climate protesters face tear gas at oil giant TotalEnergies shareholder meeting in Paris

Climate protesters face tear gas at oil giant TotalEnergies shareholder meeting in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French police threw a security cordon around a shareholders' meeting in Paris of oil giant TotalEnergies on Friday, spraying tear gas and pushing back climate protesters who chanted, “Be gentle, police officers, we're doing this for your
California's epic melting snowpack means cold, deadly torrents ahead of Memorial Day weekend

California's epic melting snowpack means cold, deadly torrents ahead of Memorial Day weekend

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Strong earthquake shakes eastern Japan; no tsunami warning

Strong earthquake shakes eastern Japan; no tsunami warning

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Tokyo and other areas of eastern Japan on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The magnitude 6.1 quake was centered off the east coast of Chiba Peninsula at a depth of 44.5 kilometers (28 miles), the U.S.
As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary

As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary

DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a gigaproject of Chinese industry is taking shape.
More Canadians are experiencing allergies due to climate change, experts say

More Canadians are experiencing allergies due to climate change, experts say

For the last two years, rushing their toddler to hospital has become the norm for Daniela Mora-Fisher and her husband. “A cold would become a wheeze. A wheeze would become a crisis,” Mora-Fisher said.
Three cheetah cubs die in India amid sweltering heat wave

Three cheetah cubs die in India amid sweltering heat wave

NEW DELHI (AP) — Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat that was brought to India from Africa last year died in central India’s Kuno National Park in the past week, forest officials said, as a heat wave in the region sent temperatures soaring.
Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them

Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them

The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters.
Guam 'very blessed' with no early reports of major damage in the messy aftermath of Typhoon Mawar

Guam 'very blessed' with no early reports of major damage in the messy aftermath of Typhoon Mawar

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Chainsaws buzzed Friday as neighbors helped neighbors clear toppled trees and began cleaning the wreckage of Typhoon Mawar, which walloped Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the island in over two decades but appeared to have p