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A plan to replenish the Colorado River could mean dry alfalfa fields. And many farmers are for it 07/25/2024 12:09am • A plan to help shore up the depleted Colorado River by cutting off water to alfalfa fields in California's crop-rich Imperial Valley is finding support from the farmers who grow it. The Imperial Irrigation District — the biggest user of water from the 1,450-mile (2,334-kilometer) river — has of Amid tensions with China, some US states are purging Chinese companies from their investments 07/25/2024 12:06am • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As state treasurer, Vivek Malek pushed Missouri's main retirement system to pull its investments from Chinese companies, making Missouri among the first nationally to do so. Now Malek is touting the Chinese divestment as he seeks reelection in an Aug. 6 Republican primar Tropical Storm Bud forms in the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Mexico 07/24/2024 10:46pm • MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bud has formed in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Wednesday the system was centered about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula. Maximum sustained winds were a Death toll rises to 6 in explosion and fire at tequila factory in Mexico 07/24/2024 10:11pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescue teams on Wednesday found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six. Two workers were injured. The factory belongs to the Jose Cuervo company, one of Mexico's most famous tequila brands. The local civil Wildfire smoke chokes parts of Canada and western US, with some areas under air quality alerts 07/24/2024 09:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fires burning in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and other western states, as well as Canada, have filled the skies in regions of the western U.S. with smoke and haze, forcing some affected areas to declare air quality alerts or advisories. As of Wednesday morning, ther 10 Best Places To Retire in Panama 07/24/2024 08:00pm • Panama may be best known for its iconic canal, but for older Americans, it's also a retirement wonderland with sunny vistas, a low cost of living and a wealth of lifestyle amenities. Geographically, the 29,000 square-mile island links North and South America in an elongated "s" shape that borders Co How to Pay for a Nursing Home With No Money 07/24/2024 08:00pm • Paying for a nursing home with no money to spare is a predicament many people eventually face. With an average U.S. life span of more than 76 years, however, you should think about how to prepare. Sorting out the pros and cons of possible payment strategies can be a painstaking process. If you're on Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park 07/24/2024 05:09pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday. The hydrothermal explosion on Tue Hiker falls to death during storm on Yosemite's iconic Half Dome 07/24/2024 04:12pm • YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A bucket-list climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome turned to tragedy for a young Arizona woman who fell to her death during a descent forced by a sudden storm that pounded the iconic granite monolith this month. Grace Rohloff, 20, an experien First runners reach the finish in the annual Death Valley ultramarathon called the world's toughest 07/24/2024 03:56pm • DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The first few runners of an ultramarathon that steps off in desolate Death Valley hit the finish line early Wednesday, a little more than 24 hours after they began this year's Badwater 135, billed as the world's toughest foot race. Ninety-seven runners lau Body camera video focused national attention on an Illinois deputy's fatal shooting of Sonya Massey 07/24/2024 03:35pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A riveted nation watched video released this week of a sheriff's deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who called 911 for assistance, in her Illinois home. Sean Grayson, 14 months into his career as a deputy sheriff for Sangamon County in the cen Cause of crash that killed NY couple at Niagara Falls border crossing still a mystery 8 months later 07/24/2024 02:07pm • NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash's cause still a mystery, authorities said. The probe into the Nov. 22, 2023, crash that kille Delta CEO, in Paris for the Olympics, says outage-related cancellations should end Thursday 07/24/2024 02:05pm • Delta Air Lines canceled significantly fewer flights Wednesday, and the airline's chief executive said cancellations and delays stemming from a global technology breakdown should end by Thursday. The airline issued a message from Ed Bastian to customers while the CEO was in Paris to attend the Summe Fierce storm topples tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, killing 1 and damaging statues 07/24/2024 01:14pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One person was killed and three others injured at Cambodia’s famed centuries-old Angkor temple complex when a large tree was blown down onto their vehicle during a fierce rainstorm, the government said Wednesday. The accident occurred late Tuesday afternoon at the sou Authorities identify victims of fatal plane crash near the site of an air show in Wisconsin 07/24/2024 12:37pm • NEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man and a man from New York have been preliminarily identified as the victims of a fatal plane crash near the site of an airshow in eastern Wisconsin. The bodies of Sean Tommervik, 37, of Philadelphia, and James G. Sullivan, 32, of Brooklyn, were found Monday in