Rivers and streams
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Scranton Times-Tribune. May 3, 2021. Editorial: Pass Yaw bill to help farms get greener Pennsylvania has fallen far...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 29 The Los Angeles Times...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
Columbus Dispatch. March 12, 2021. Editorial: Lawmakers aren’t equipped to make decisions about health emergencies As...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 11:00 AM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Jan. 17 Bluefield Daily Telegraph on federal...

Pandemic cancels St. James Christmas Eve bonfire celebration

Dec. 10, 2020 08:44 AM EST
CONVENT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana parish canceled their annual Christmas Eve bonfire celebration due to an increase in coronavirus cases, officials said. ...

Kentucky reopens former private prison closed after scandal

Dec. 05, 2020 12:20 PM EST
WHEELWRIGHT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Friday that the Department of Corrections has officially reopened a prison in Floyd County that...

President Donald Trump walks to the podium to speak at a campaign rally at Keith House, Washington's Headquarters, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Newtown, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's errant final pitches on virus, energy

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward Nov. 02, 2020 01:41 AM EST

President Donald Trump walks to the podium to speak at a campaign rally at Keith House, Washington's Headquarters, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Newtown, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump baselessly cites fraud in virus toll

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward Oct. 31, 2020 08:07 AM EDT

A worker cleans fallen branches after Hurricane Zeta passed through Playa del Carmen, Mexico, early Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Zeta is leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could hit New Orleans Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Tomas Stargardter)
Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

By Rebecca Santana And Stacey Plaisance Oct. 27, 2020 01:26 PM EDT

Ray Lopez delivers supplies to Mountain Mike's Pizza in the Montclair district of Oakland, Calif., where power is turned off, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Pacific Gas & Electric has cut power to portions of Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during hot, windy weather throughout the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires

By Don Thompson And John Antczak Oct. 16, 2020 12:32 PM EDT

Annual Connecticut River cleanup a month-long event in '20

Sep. 07, 2020 08:37 AM EDT
GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The annual four-state effort to remove trash from the 410-mile Connecticut River is still going on this year, but with some changes...

People protect themselves with plastic as Tropical Storm Laura passes through the area in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Marco becomes hurricane headed for US Gulf Coast

By Evens Sanon Aug. 23, 2020 12:07 AM EDT

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man paddles with an inflatable boat past submerged cars during a flood in Rongshui County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Vice Minister of Emergency Management Zheng Guoguang told reporters Monday, July 13, 2020 that the Yangtze River and parts of its watershed have seen the second highest rainfall since 1961 over the past six months. (Long Linzhi/Xinhua via AP)
China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June

Jul. 13, 2020 12:23 AM EDT

Rain clouds hover over mountains during tropical storm Amanda in Barberena, eastern Guatemala, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season drenched parts of Central America on Sunday and officials in El Salvador said at least seven people had died in flooding. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Cristobal regains tropical storm force on track to US coast

Jun. 05, 2020 11:21 AM EDT

North Dakota tribe to fight ruling giving minerals to state

By Dave Kolpack Jun. 03, 2020 05:40 PM EDT
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Leaders of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota and others are challenging a Department of Interior opinion rolling back...

Nursing home with state’s deadliest virus outbreak sued

May. 14, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The daughter of a woman who died after contracting the coronavirus at a Portland long-term care facility filed a $1.8 million lawsuit...