1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (632+ words) At least three tornadoes touched down in communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles, while storms grounded flights and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across the Midwest and Northeast. The National Weather Service…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (788+ words) KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- Japan has resumed operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands during a global oil crisis, but the reboot highlights a big problem: Japan is running out of space for…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago  (28+ words) Google hosts another invitation-only meeting about planned Little Rock data center Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Google hosts another invitation-only meeting about planned Little Rock data center...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (290+ words) The Buffalo River Foundation has acquired 120 acres adjacent to the Buffalo National River, establishing the Hill Hamilton Preserve at Little Panther Creek, the foundation announced in a news release Tuesday. The $225, 000 conservation project, finalized April 8, protects undeveloped forest land and…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (383+ words) World Fish Migration Day, a global event held every two years in May, is often associated with coastal communities that depend on annual movements of commercially and recreationally attractive fish species, such as salmon in the Northwest and tarpon along…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (528+ words) Northwest Arkansas residents woke to flooded roads and some power outages Monday morning. Benton County Communications Director Melody Kwok said in an email that the county's Road Department was active Monday morning responding to flooding on county roads. Davis Valley…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (857+ words) WASHINGTON -- For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015, smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that cleanup trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. Scientists say…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (540+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin was assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around. The company fueled the hulking New Glenn…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (117+ words) Flash flood warnings issued for much of central Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Pulaski, Faulkner, Conway, Van Buren, Marion, Stone and Searcy counties. The warning is in effect until 6: 30 p. m. , the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (682+ words) Since 2023, wild turkeys and turkey hunters have enjoyed the rewards of a remarkable partnership between the National Wild Turkey Federation and the U. S. Forest Service. Significant projects within this partnership are ongoing in the Mid-South Rebirth region of the NWTF's America's…...