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ISTANBUL (AP) — The funerals of 10 rescue volunteers and forestry workers killed while battling a wildfire were held on Thursday in Turkey.

Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly .

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison announced this week that it will create a program to compensate victims of January’s devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles, even as the cause of the blaze that killed 19 people remains under investigati

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps and a new timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches, officials

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it .

SOUNI, Cyprus (AP) — Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans and cotton, two crops that are grown extensively in the United States.

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology drove the personal wealth behind many philanthropists atop the list of last year's biggest American donors .

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s environment minister said Thursday there is no set deadline for Northern Pulp to submit a cleanup plan for its shuttered mill site near Pictou, N.S.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury , exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most destructive criminal economies: illicit gold mining.