How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable
About 350 miles northwest of Montreal, amid a vast pine forest, is a deep mining pit with walls of mottled rock. The pit has changed hands repeatedly and been mired…
When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab
He helped excavate thousands of ice age fossils, including mammoths, mastodons, camels, plants and insects, at the site of a reservoir expansion in Snowmass Village, Colo. And in the Denver…
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Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, islands lose power
Hundreds of residents across Puerto Rico were evacuated or rescued as floodwaters grew increasingly dangerous from Hurricane Fiona.
Locals take cover in retaken Ukraine border village
The loud sound of explosions continued in Kozacha Lopan on Sunday, more than one week after the border village was retaken by the Ukrainian forces. (18 September)
Navy placing 10,000 yards of sand on Puget Sound seafloor as part of legal settlement
BREMERTON, Wash. — The U.S. Navy is placing about 10,000 cubic yards of sand onto the seafloor of Sinclair Inlet in Washington as part of a legal settlement with the state, the…
The world says final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in Windsor with her late husband, Prince Philip, at a private family service. (19 September)
Boater arrested after shooting Coast Guard helicopter responding to distress call
A boater in waters south of Louisiana has been arrested after federal officials say he opened fire on a Coast Guard helicopter as it responded to a distress call. The Coast Guard responded to…
Alaskan communities experience flooding, power outages from Typhoon Merbok remnants
Officials in Alaska are quickly working to assess the impact of Typhoon Merbok across the state after remnants of the storm left destruction.
World leaders return to NY for UN General Assembly
World leaders converge on New York for the U.N. General Assembly after two years of delivering virtual speeches because of the pandemic. They’ll confront the ongoing recovery from COVID-19, the…