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Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands 04/19/2024 02:32pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that's meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition 5 Japanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast targeting their van. A Pakistani bystander dies 04/19/2024 12:39pm • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials later said one bystander was killed. Initially, police said the van was heading to an industrial ar Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing 04/19/2024 12:07pm • When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil Hackers claim Belarus fertilizer plant infiltrated to demand political prisoner release 04/19/2024 12:00pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated computers at the country's largest fertilizer plant to pressure the government to release political prisoners. The state-run Grodno Azot plant has made no comment on the claim by the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans g How pollen, seasonal allergies could affect your weekend outdoor plans 04/19/2024 10:28am • Early-season allergies are often caused by tree pollen. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) After several days of watching tree pollen pile up on cars and reaching for eye drops and tissues, a lot of us are wondering how seasonal allergies will affect our outdoor plans this weekend. "Unfortunately, you ne AP Week in Pictures: Asia 04/19/2024 01:33am • April 12-18, 2024 Shoppers are terrified after a lone assailant started stabbing people at a shopping mall in Sydney; people appreciate spring flowers like cherry and azalea blossoms in Tokyo; a King Sejong statue receives a spring cleaning in Seoul, South Korea. People prepare for the voting proces Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance 04/19/2024 01:03am • Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. With the war in Ukraine now in its third year World Bank's Banga wants to make gains in tackling the effects of climate change, poverty and war 04/18/2024 08:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no shortage of stressors to the global economy when Ajay Banga took charge at the World Bank almost a year ago: inflation eating at nations drowning in debt, a once-in-a-generation pandemic, climate disasters and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Factor in the Israel-Hamas 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for 2024 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The stock market's rally took a pause in the month of April. Persistently high inflation readings have caused economists to question whether the Federal Reserve can deliver on anticipated interest rate cuts. As if that weren't enough, geopolitical tensions are rearing their head again, and troubling Booming cold drink sales mean more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups 04/18/2024 05:38pm • Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in. The coffee giant said Thursday it plans to alleviate some of that waste with new disposable cups After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish's Trey Anastasio talks about taking over 04/18/2024 01:45pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish has been performing for decades, but never has the band played the same show twice. Over the 40 years since the band was formed at a Vermont college, Phish has amassed a reputation for its dedicated legion of fans and the dazzling light shows that accompany the improvisation Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music 04/18/2024 01:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — At an age when many contemporaries contemplate retirement, musician T Bone Burnett has made big changes in his life and art. Burnett, most celebrated for his production acumen, uprooted from Los Angeles to move to Nashville and recorded a warm-hearted disc of his own songs for the Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to vote in May on United Auto Workers union 04/18/2024 12:56pm • DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of workers at a big Mercedes-Benz factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that the vote will take place from May 13 to May 17 at the fac Barcelona to get floating desalination plant to help fight drought in northeastern Spain 04/18/2024 11:04am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, regional authorities said Thursday. Barcelona already relies on Europe’s largest desalination plant for domestic us A strong earthquake in Japan leaves 9 people with minor injuries. But there was no tsunami danger 04/18/2024 06:00am • TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake that struck southwestern Japan left nine people with minor injuries and caused damage such as burst water pipes and small landslides, authorities said Thursday. But there was no danger of a tsunami. The magnitude 6.6 temblor late Wednesday was centered just off the