FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale officials say all that yellow water flowing from the tap will disappear when the city’s pricey new water plant is fully operational later this year.

That claim is being met with deep-seated skepticism from experts who say the city’s network of old, unlined cast-iron pipes that snake underneath Fort ...Read more

Pennsylvania may now have more ospreys than in pre-Colonial times, according to a biologist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Osprey nest reports have increased 37-fold since the 1980s, according to surveys for the third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas. Unlike bald eagles, which glide as they fish, ospreys hover over the water, then dive, punching...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Like many American suburbs, Abington, Pennsylvania, accidentally spent centuries building a goose paradise. Now, the feds will help the township evict the waterfowl from their ideal habitat.

Abington Township approved a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on July 9 for Canada goose abatement in Alverthorpe Park, ...Read more

Every year, billions of migratory birds connect the world’s continents, oceans and ecosystems as they undertake epic journeys between their foraging habitats and their breeding grounds.

A bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) leaves its breeding grasslands of North America for the Pampas of South America. A Newell’s shearwater (...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A program that distributes air purifiers to residents of San Diego's South Bay region who are affected by the Tijuana River sewage crisis is accepting applications again after a two-month suspension due to a lack of funding, county Supervisor Paloma Aguirre said Wednesday.

Bethany Case, a 17-year resident of Imperial Beach, is one...Read more

Silicon Valley residents are increasingly trying to stop the advance of artificial intelligence, even as the region attracts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to expand the technology's reach.

Companies and workers around San Francisco Bay sparked the global AI explosion. Now, the nation's tech hub also sits at the center of an ...Read more

The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a new exemption that the Trump administration says will loosen environmental regulations on diesel engines for U.S. commercial lobstermen.

The EPA is exempting a new lobster boat model from Tier 4 engine requirements, which were adopted in 2008. It’s something the federal agency says will, for...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As Lake Mead begins its nosedive toward historic lows, a bipartisan group of 12 Western representatives in Congress is calling for emergency funding to help fund solutions.

One of the officials who sent a letter to House leadership on Wednesday is Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who said in a phone interview that the measure is in direct...Read more

In medicine, the uses for artificial intelligence have pretty much been limited to back office stuff — notetaking and appeals to health insurers to cover special medicines and treatments, those sorts of things.

That could be ready to change as the role of AI accelerates further into direct patient care in a pilot planned at Allegheny Health ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends.

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they ...Read more

At a gathering of central bankers last month in Basel, Harvard University economist Gita Gopinath presented some unsettling data about stablecoins. Up to three-quarters of Tether’s USDT and Circle Internet Group Inc.’s USDC — the world’s most popular 1:1 dollar clones — are held in wallets where the users control the cryptographic keys...Read more

It finally happened — Apple released a low-priced laptop.

I didn’t think this day would ever come — really.

Apple is kind of famous for not being on the cheap end of any hardware category. Apple products are fantastic. They’re solid and they work well, but cheap has never really been in the discussion.

Until earlier this year.

Apple ...Read more

In early July 2026, the Trump administration quietly tapped Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The move places a podcaster known for downplaying the threats of climate change – and importantly, someone who has not been meaningfully involved in research on climate change or its impacts – at the top of one of ...Read more

Across the U.S., it’s a hot summer, and electricity prices are high. Various public officials and corporate websites suggest people set their thermostats to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.6 degrees Celsius), or even 81 F (27.2 C), as a way to stay relatively cool without breaking the bank. But as someone who studies energy costs, I know from ...Read more

One of the best parts about gamer glasses is that they’re often wilder and more adventurous than everyday eyewear. They go beyond those retro horn-rimmed glasses. The ones from Gunnar adopt a post-apocalyptic vibe or bring players closer to their favorite video game character. The company’s latest gaming efforts involve “Cyberpunk 2077,�...Read more

Satechi ChargeView 140W is one of those chargers that does what it says it does; it will charge up to four devices at the same time. This can include just about any USB-C charging device, including high-powered MacBook Pros.

The premium desktop AC-powered charger eases the charging cable clutter many of us have by eliminating the need for ...Read more

I was helping a friend with a few small tech issues last week and he came up with one that I had to look up before I could help.

It was a nuisance, more than a problem: His iPhone was autocorrecting certain words, but from the right spelling to a wrong spelling.

There is a neighborhood in our area of town called Lakewood. Every time my ...Read more

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe.

But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act, rolling back protections for the forests, wetlands...Read more

California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs.

But as climate change intensifies, droughts deepen, and water restrictions kick in, growers in much of the valley are getting less water for their fields. They...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency challenging its attempt to weaken restrictions on the climate “super pollutant,” hydrofluorocarbons.

President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in May the agency would ease requirements for ...Read more