Olympics bet against climate change with swimming set in Seine in heart of Paris. For days, it looked like organizers would lose as famed river was unsafe. By ⁦@borenbears⁩ apnews.com/article/22a067…

Explorer's family could have difficulty winning their lawsuit against Titan sub owner, experts say (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/c85ea2…

Americans can order free COVID-19 tests beginning this month apnews.com/article/covid-…

The forest meets the tundra in the gateway to the Arctic, where polar bears & beluga whales frolic and the Northern Lights glisten. And it's in trouble. Not enough ice. Not enough cold. Not enough fat. Joshua A. Bickel and I report: apnews.com/article/polar-…

US officials are working to move IV supplies out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer even as hospitals are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding in North Carolina. apnews.com/article/hurric…

Here's what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual. Much of it is warming water, but not all. From 1950 to now, US lower 48 averages 1 Cat4+ landfalls every 4 years. But w/out Milton we've had 7 in the last 8 years, triple the 75-year average. apnews.com/article/hurric…

Europa & Io moons orbiting Jupiter, captured by the Cassini space probe

Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars 46% since 2019. Most private flights spew as much CO2 in about 2 hours as average person in year apnews.com/article/climat…

Thousands of Danish citizens are launching an effort to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on 'Gulf of America' apnews.com/article/trump-…

News: The AP's exec editor Julie Pace sent a letter to the White House today objecting over AP reporters being blocked from events: "It is among the most basic tenets of the First Amendment that the govt cannot retaliate against the public or the press for what they say"

JUST IN: World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has stopped reporting flu surveillance data through WHO platforms

SARS-CoV-2 looks like it is currently as low as it will go, whether we get another wave sooner rather than later probably depends on whether we get a new, broadly immune evasive lineage showing up. How long will the dominance of Omicron descendents last?

A free speech case over a pastry shop painting goes to trial apnews.com/article/bakery…

Farmers and rural businesses shelled out money for improvements. Will their promised rebates arrive? apnews.com/article/climat…

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers do not kill norovirus. Washing hands with soap and water is the way to go. sciencenews.org/article/norovi…

Californians brace for flooding in areas torched by wildfires as freezing rain, snow aim for Oregon apnews.com/article/califo…

Those astronauts who were stuck on the space station for 278 extra days? No overtime, but a $5-a-day allowance for "incidentals" since they were government employees traveling for work. Yan Zhuang nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/…

Data obtained by AP shows 20% vacancy rates at nearly half of National Weather Service offices as dangerous storms chug through the heartland. apnews.com/article/doge-w…

WASHINGTON (The Associated Press) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.