Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December. The eruption started with little warning at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday and created a fissure around 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long. The activity is...

A volcano on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland is erupting for the seventh time since December

Naomi Girma scores her first 2 goals for the US women in 3-0 win over Argentina

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Naomi Girma scored her first two international goals and the United States beat Argentina 3-0 on Wednesday night in the team's final match of the year on American soil. It was the third match in six days for the United States, which also won the first two...

Alyssa Thompson scores 1st goal for U.S. women, who beat Iceland 3-1 in friendly

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alyssa Thompson scored her first goal for the United States, Jaedyn Shaw provided the go-ahead goal in the 85th minute, and the Americans beat Iceland 3-1 in an exhibition on Thursday night. Sophia Smith also scored for the U.S. in its first match since winning...

Iceland appears headed for a snap election after governing coalition collapses

LONDON (AP) — Iceland appears headed for a snap election after Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson pulled the plug on the Nordic nation’s fragile governing coalition. The prime minister asked President Halla Tómasdóttir on Monday to formally dissolve Iceland’s parliament, the...

A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it

LONDON (AP) — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment...

Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing

LONDON (AP) — Icelandic police on Monday called off the search for anyone trapped in the previous day's collapse of an ice cave that killed one person and injured another, saying that all members of the tourist expedition had been accounted for. Authorities had initially mounted a...

Police in Iceland call off search at collapsed ice cave, saying they now believe no one is missing

Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills one, two still missing

An Iceland volcano erupts again but spares the nearby town of Grindavik for now

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continued to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Friday — the sixth time since December the volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption from a new fissure began shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday following a series of strong...