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On This Day, Aug. 15: Woodstock opens at New York farm
On Aug.15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, often described as a landmark counterculture event, opened on Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel, N.Y.
Thousands of miles from home, coronavirus took their lives — and the economic lifelines of their families
They died in the United States of COVID-19. Finally, their ashes are returning to Mexico.
Record-setting Tropical Storm Josephine to brush Leeward Islands
Tropical Storm Josephine developed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and is forecast to produce gusty winds and downpours in parts of the Leeward Islands this weekend before it runs...
Tropical Storm Kyle joins Josephine in Atlantic Basin
Tropical Storm Kyle formed Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. EDT, becoming the latest named feature in a growing list of record-breaking storms for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Rewriting the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes
Volcanic eruptions in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest over the last 2.6 million years are more numerous and closely connected to subsurface signatures of currently active magma than...
Traces of ancient life tell story of early diversity in marine ecosystems
If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the point where waves begin to break, you would find an explosion of life—scores...
Study rewrites the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes
Volcanic eruptions in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest over the last 2.6 million years are more numerous and closely connected to subsurface signatures of currently active magma than...
NASA finds wind shear making Tropical Depression 10E struggle
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of a struggling Tropical Depression 10E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Wind shear is preventing the storm from intensifying into...
NASA finds wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Josephine
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Josephine east of the Lesser Antilles island chain. Suomi NPP revealed that Josephine was being affected by...
Ditidaht hockey standout sets her sights on pro league, law school
There were no ice rinks or sportsplexes in Bamfield, a fishing village of 300 people in Vancouver Island, B.C., when Maryna Macdonald was growing up. But that didn’t deter her. Together with her...
Wanted: California workplace safety retirees to help confront coronavirus crisis
The state agency tasked with protecting California workers moves to address 'crippling' vacancies after L.A. Times report
New Zealand extends lockdown for Auckland amid COVID-19 outbreak
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday extended a lockdown for the country's largest city after an outbreak of COVID-19.
What's open and closed this weekend: Southern California beaches, parks, trails
Coronavirus restrictions continue around California but most public spaces are open. The Apple fire and the Lake fire have some trails closed.
NATO ships, aircraft conduct exercises with Latvian navy
NATO's standing maritime fleet conducted air and sea integration exercises while traveling on the Baltic Sea to Riga, Latvia, NATO announced on Friday.
How people and ecosystems fit together on the Great Barrier Reef
A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to help sustain other ecosystems across the world.
The best reusable produce bags for your grocery trips
Reuse time and time again. (Markus Spiske via Unsplash/)Reusable tote bags have become a grocery store essential in recent years, as cities have banned plastic bags. But what about those thin produce bags,...
Watch: Amy Schumer on her 'tough' experience with IVF
Amy Schumer said she's decided she can't be pregnant "ever again" after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments.
California becomes first state to pass 600,000 coronavirus cases
The state has also notched another sobering milestone, as it nears 11,000 COVID-19 deaths, a 10% increase from one week ago.
How people and ecosystems fit together on the Great Barrier Reef
A world-first study examines the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef. The findings have the potential to help sustain other ecosystems across the world. The study provides a...
Maryland man breaks state record with 14.1-pound sheepshead
A Maryland man set a new state record when he was fishing in Chesapeake Bay and reeled in a 14.1-pound sheepshead fish.
Owl dangling from kite string rescued in California
Firefighters and police in California came to the rescue of an owl dangling from a street lamp by a long piece of kite string.
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet...
A watershed moment for U.S. water quality
A new federal rule that determines how the Clean Water Act is implemented leaves millions of miles of streams and acres of wetlands unprotected based on selective interpretation of case law and...
Ship leaks more oil off Mauritius as calls for answers grow
A fresh streak of oil spilled Friday from a bulk carrier stranded on a reef in pristine waters off Mauritius which is already reeling from the ecological disaster, as demands...
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Friday
The French government has declared Paris and Marseille and its surrounding area high-risk zones for the coronavirus, granting authorities there powers to impose localized curbs to contain the spread of...
Q&A: Global methane emissions soaring, but how much was due to wetlands?
Last month, an international team of scientists, including Berkeley Lab's William Riley and Qing Zhu, published an update on the global methane budget as part of the Global Carbon Project....
Hurricanes have names. Some climate experts say heat waves should, too
Hurricane Maria and Heat Wave Henrietta? For decades, meteorologists have named hurricanes and ranked them according to severity. Naming and categorizing heat waves too could increase public awareness of the extreme weather events...
Sports-hungry fans are welcoming live events back to TV
Audiences for hockey and golf are surging, and baseball is bringing in younger viewers, as people look for a break from streaming.