• Russia says it has taken full control of Mariupol in its biggest victory of the war

    Russia says it has taken full control of Mariupol in its biggest victory of the war

    May 20, 2022 07:51 PM EST

    ... some of the worst suffering of the war. An estimated 100,000 people remained from a prewar population of 450,000, many trapped without food, water, heat or electricity. Constant bombardment has left behind shattered and charred buildings in row after row of destroyed apartment blocks and ruined neighborhoods. A ...

  • Europe's largest nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russian shelling

    Europe's largest nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russian shelling

    Mar 04, 2022 02:03 AM EST

    ... fighting continued on the outskirts of another strategic port, Mariupol, on the Azov Sea. The battles have knocked out the city's electricity, heat and water systems, as well as most phone service, officials said. Food deliveries to the city were also cut. Associated Press video from the port city ...

  • Both sides of California's recall election want voters of color. Getting their votes is a different task

    Both sides of California's recall election want voters of color. Getting their votes is a different task

    Sep 14, 2021 01:04 AM EST

    ... among Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern and Madera counties.  The recall isn’t sponsored by the Republican Party, Netter said -- voters from all parties have supported recalling the governor. But the leading candidates are Republican. Supporters of the recall are hoping to change leadership from the top. “Most people have kind ...

  • The race for electric vehicle parts leads to risky deep-ocean mining

    The race for electric vehicle parts leads to risky deep-ocean mining

    Aug 04, 2021 07:07 PM EST

    ... who leads the deep-sea mining initiative at the World Wildlife Fund in Geneva. Adding more minerals into the market, she added, could perversely make recycling less attractive. With Nauru’s move pushing the ISA to finalize its regulations sooner rather than later, critics are concerned that those regulations won ...

  • WATCH: Rep. Raskin chokes up talking about Capitol attack

    WATCH: Rep. Raskin chokes up talking about Capitol attack

    Feb 09, 2021 08:38 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman’s voice cracked and he paused to drink from a bottle of water as he told of apologizing to his daughter for bringing her to the U.S. Capitol on the day a deadly mob overran it. Watch Raskin’s remarks in the player above. But ...

  • How Leah Chase became a 'driving force' of inspiration for chef Marcus Samuelsson

    How Leah Chase became a 'driving force' of inspiration for chef Marcus Samuelsson

    Dec 04, 2020 10:19 PM EST

    ... whether she had intended to close the restaurant following the storm’s destruction. The restaurant had flooded with about 5 and a half feet of water inside. “I lost everything but the art on the wall,” Chase told NOLA.com, recalling the aftermath. Chase’s answer wasn’t to close ...

  • News Wrap: Thousands detained in Belarus as post-election protests continue

    News Wrap: Thousands detained in Belarus as post-election protests continue

    Aug 12, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... Authorities deployed troops and imposed curfews. Tensions between the Beni Amer tribe and the Nuba tribe date back to 2019, and stem from disputes over water and other resources. Back in this country, an FBI investigation is under way after an Air Force helicopter was shot at from the ground ...

  • How ash and debris are choking Australia’s rivers

    How ash and debris are choking Australia’s rivers

    Mar 03, 2020 04:44 PM EST

    ... fish mortality along more than 40 miles of the upper Murray River, even in its large main channel, where pollution would normally be diluted. “People don’t associate fire with water,” he said. “For most people, it seems hard to understand that fire impacts water — and how it impacts water.”

  • How U.S. hospitals cleaned up their toxic trash

    How U.S. hospitals cleaned up their toxic trash

    Feb 09, 2019 12:44 AM EST

    His team tried to demonstrate that much of the potentially infectious waste could be reduced by reusing, reprocessing, and recycling, and that alternative technologies could work just as well at killing pathogens as incinerators. Gradually, health care providers realized that making sustainable changes -- such as switching to machines called autoclaves ...

  • News Wrap: Rosenstein will reportedly leave DOJ when new attorney general is confirmed

    News Wrap: Rosenstein will reportedly leave DOJ when new attorney general is confirmed

    Jan 09, 2019 11:50 PM EST

    ... better pay. Protesters shut down factories and blocked roads on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. That set off clashes with riot police, who used water cannons and batons to disperse the crowds. Local reports said that one demonstrator was shot dead. In the Philippines, a colossal crowd of Catholic ...