NOAA cautions that only about a third of right whale deaths are documented, so the total number of dead or injured animals could be much higher.
2023
Floods wash away children, scorching heat envelops the West as wildfire smoke overtakes northern U.S.
The mother of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, and 4 other people, died in the flooding.
Massive search is underway for 2 children swept away in Pennsylvania flash flood
The mother of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, and 4 other people, died in the flooding.
Driver, passenger injured when vehicle hits, kills moose in Jackman area
A cow moose was killed on impact when hit by a car on a road in Long Pond Township, officials said.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires expected in Maine Monday and Tuesday
We’ve had a break from the Canadian wildfire smoke for a couple of weeks, but that’s about to change. The wildfires in western Canada are sending smoke into the Great Lakes to start the week. That ground-level smoke is set to move into New York and part of northern New England Monday afternoon. The national […]
Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again; Moscow blames Ukraine for attack
An attack before dawn damaged part of a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine.
Police investigating long-unsolved Long Island killings search a storage facility
Suffolk County police confirmed that detectives executed a search warrant at Omega Self Storage related to the investigation that led to last week’s arrest of architect Rex Heuermann.
Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, dies at 23
The ‘Gutsy Gelding’ died from complications of colic.
Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger
Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty.