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NASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of t...

Generations of anglers have made the pilgrimage to Montauk to catch striped bass

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) - On most October nights, fishing guide Bill Wetzel can be found navigating the shores of Montauk, New York, in a modified 4x4 pickup truck, rumbling over boulders and thick sand as he scans the surface of the Atlantic for signs of...

For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face collapse

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) - Striped bass fishing has been Bill Jakob's passion for more than 60 years, and he remembers an era when he'd spend all night casting his line into the crashing waves off Montauk and get eight or nine fish ranging up to 40 pounds ...

Smoke from LA fires exposed millions of people to high levels of toxic heavy metals, study says

LOS ANGELES (AP) - At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study. Researche...

In southern Chile, locals push to protect oceans that have been hurt by intensive salmon farming

MELINKA, Chile (AP) - Yesica Fabiana Leviñanco steers her small wooden boat while her partner, Paulo Vera Perez, dives into the cold ocean waters off the coast of southern Chile. Within a few hours the couple, both in their mid-40s, has filled the bo...

FACT FOCUS: Kennedy's claim that Arabs 'don't produce science' meets a Nobel Prize reality check

WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s broad assertions about Arab contributions to humanity's scientific and literary discoveries at a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have drawn criticism j...

A dinosaur fossil that looks like a mini T. rex just sold for a giant $47 million

NEW YORK (AP) - A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world's most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus - recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a young specimen - sold for...

Suriname's Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest

TUTUBUKA, Suriname (AP) - Deep in Suriname's Amazon rainforest, Navaldo Vola hacked through thick vegetation with a machete, leading a group of Saamaka men up a forested mountain in sweltering heat and swarms of horseflies. Halfway up, they found a m...

The SS United States is scheduled for sinking to become the world's largest artificial reef

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the world's largest artificial reef. Officials in Florida's Okaloosa County expect to sink the SS United States off the Gulf Coast during the second week of November. The exact d...

NASA adopting Apollo's urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that the space agency is still on track to launch Artemis...