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Japan's Kishida says China seafood ban contrasts with wide support for Fukushima water release

Japan's Kishida says China seafood ban contrasts with wide support for Fukushima water release

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said that China’s blanket ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of treated radioactive water from a tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant contrasts starkly with broad understanding shown by many other me
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Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities

Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities

YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of people from the Northwest Territories have returned home this week after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted for Yellowknife's 20,000 residents.
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President Biden declares 3 Georgia counties are eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia

President Biden declares 3 Georgia counties are eligible for disaster aid after Hurricane Idalia

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday approved a disaster declaration for three Georgia counties following Hurricane Idalia's sprint across southern and coastal Georgia on Aug. 30.
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Texas heat brings the state's power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm

Texas heat brings the state's power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat .
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Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage

Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage

PHOENIX (AP) — The construction of a wall along the U.S.
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Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months: Climate Central study

Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months: Climate Central study

Western Canada was a global hot spot in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record, according to a new analysis.
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Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north

Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north

Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north.
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Man struck by tree while cleaning hurricane debris is third Florida death from Hurricane Idalia

Man struck by tree while cleaning hurricane debris is third Florida death from Hurricane Idalia

CROSS CITY, Fla. (AP) — An elderly man who was cleaning debris from Hurricane Idalia in north Florida when a tree fell on him has been declared the state's third death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Thursday.
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New Ontario minister touts progress on housing recommendations, but without detail

New Ontario minister touts progress on housing recommendations, but without detail

TORONTO — Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.
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'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta

'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities arrested five activists, including two wearing clerical attire, who chained themselves to a bulldozer Thursday to halt construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.
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