Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated.

A software error led to widespread confusion among millions of Los Angeles County residents who received an evacuation-warning message shortly after the Kenneth fire ...

MOSS LANDING — PG&E has informed Monterey County it plans on reactivating its Elkhorn Battery Storage Facility in Moss Landing by June 1 after turning it off in January in response to a fire at ...

With demand for the island’s cool climate varieties ever growing, Tasmanian wine producers say they are anticipating a record yield for 2025. Describing the harvest as a “bumper crop”, Wine ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans alike raised concerns on Wednesday about deep staffing cuts, funding freezes and far-reaching policy changes overseen by U.S. Health and Human ...

Unlike baking soda, baking powder is a complete leavening agent, containing both the base (sodium bicarbonate) and acid needed for the product to rise. Cornstarch is also typically found in baking ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women ...

The terms "fast food" and "low-sodium" don't usually go together at all, especially with some fast-food burgers (like the Bacon King) containing well over 2,000 milligrams of sodium in just one ...

Black grouse engage in a spectacular and noisy breeding courtship in spring which is both bizarre and entertaining to see. Martin Rogers, who has witnessed the ‘lek’ several times, describes the ...

She is 80 pounds of fiberglass, soon to be anchored in place by 1,000 pounds of concrete. She’s 6 feet, 8 inches tall. Her scales include shades of blue, teal, purple and lavender, rendered with a ...

The Mercury made the playoffs every year from 2013 to 2022. 2023 was a year to forget. The Mercury fired head coach Vanessa Nygaard after a 2-10 start. They finished in last place with a record of ...