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Harmful sewage continues to pollute Kailua Bay despite increased scrutiny

Jan. 29, 2025 12:40 PM EST

As rains fell hard this week, the treated sewage that flowed into the ocean from the city’s regional wastewater plant in Kailua was found to have abnormally high levels of bacteria, posing a health risk to nearby beachgoers. Now, with more heavy rains headed toward Oʻahu,...

Many animals and plants are losing their genetic diversity, making them more vulnerable

Jan. 29, 2025 11:12 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes, according to research published Wednesday. Long before a species goes extinct, the population becomes smaller and more...

FireAid, with Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga, is the latest in a long line of massive benefit concerts

Jan. 29, 2025 10:14 AM EST

FireAid, featuring Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others in a fundraiser for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts, is the latest event to combine music and philanthropy. Thursday’s concerts at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, California,...

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

Jan. 28, 2025 18:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found. But the myriad of causes that go into the still...

Harris English holds off Sam Stevens by a shot in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines

Jan. 25, 2025 21:40 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Harris English clearly relishes a challenge. When he faced months of rehabilitation after hip surgery, he says he welcomed it. When he encounters ferocious wind or devilish course setups at his beloved Torrey Pines, he embraces the idea of thriving when par equals...

Harris English makes a late charge to the take 3rd-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open

Jan. 24, 2025 20:53 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Harris English has been on a roll at Torrey Pines before, so the feeling was familiar when he really got it going late in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open. If he can keep it up for one more round — and if the wind keep it down — he'll have a good...

Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse

Jan. 24, 2025 20:08 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh. “It smells like feet, cheese and rotten...

Ludvig Aberg, Lanto Griffin share lead after fierce coastal wind interrupts Farmers Insurance Open

Jan. 23, 2025 20:59 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ludvig Aberg and Lanto Griffin shared the lead Thursday at Torrey Pines in the Farmers Insurance Open after ferocious wind forced an 86-minute delay and prevented dozens of players from finishing the second round. First-round leader Aberg fought to a 3-over 75,...

A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff

Jan. 23, 2025 10:14 AM EST

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom -– and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage. ...

What makes a landslide and why they are familiar in Indonesia

Jan. 22, 2025 17:25 PM EST

Flash flooding and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java have killed at least 21 people and damaged villages and rice fields. The nation is located in a busy earthquake zone and faces high levels of deforestation – factors that are linked to flooding and landslides,...