1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (440+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The state of North Carolina, along with 11 local governments, has reached a record settlement with DuPont and Chemours over toxic chemical contamination in one of the state’s largest rivers. The $590 million deal was announced Thursday by Attorney General…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (696+ words) Public opposition will slow plans to remove and display a section of a dead Shoshone National Forest tree that surveyors mapping Yellowstone Forest Reserve boundaries inscribed 133 years ago. The dead Engelmann spruce still stands about 28 miles from the nearest trailhead…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (359+ words) (KTLA) — A Southern California bird watcher stumbled onto a scene over the weekend that looked as though it came straight out of a classic cartoon, except this time, the coyote appears to have won, and there’s even an unexpected twist…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (303+ words) The storm was upgraded Monday night from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Edouard. Forecasters expect it will continue to strengthen before it makes landfall in Texas on Tuesday. “This is our first big storm of the season, and I’ll…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (365+ words) This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Moke at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, near Hawaii. (NOAA via AP) Forecasters expected Moke to produce as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of total rain across the Big Island, and up to…...