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AP PHOTOS: 2024 brought natural disasters and turbulent politics to Latin America
Snow blanketed Santiago, the Chilean capital, in May 2024 — a rare and stunning sight that marked the coldest month in the city in over 70 years. The unusual weather event stood in stark contrast to the severe drought that gripped the Amazon rainforest just a few months later,...
US Coast Guard suspends search for a 7-year-old Alabama boy missing in the Gulf of Mexico
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the bodies of two boaters off the Alabama coast but suspended the search for a missing 7-year-old boy after combing the area over the weekend. Searchers were unable to find Hunter Slezak, 7, who was on a boat that went...
Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing to an end a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, and death and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Meteorologists called it a “ crazy busy...
US says a drug cartel is behind the longstanding problem of illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have been complaining about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and now it’s been revealed who is behind the lucrative trade: a Mexican drug cartel. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions...
SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms
SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The catch was called off just four minutes into the test flight from Texas...
Report finds that America is catching and eating a little less fish
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The volume and value of America's commercial fishing industry both fell according to newly released federal figures, though members of the industry said the decline was to be expected following a recent spike in supply. The catch at U.S. ports in the 50...
A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn't over yet
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — As the third named storm to emerge during November, Tropical Storm Sara serves as a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season hasn't quite ended. Sara formed in the western Caribbean Sea before making landfall Thursday on the northern coast of Honduras,...
Surprise bids revive hope for offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico after feds cancel lease sale
A surprise pitch from a Chicago company with no experience building offshore wind farms has reignited enthusiasm for wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico. Hecate Energy, a company best known for land-based solar projects, presented its plan to build a 133-turbine wind farm...
A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released into the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Houston Zoo. The Kemp's ridley sea turtle, named Boeier after the boat that...
Rafael dissolves into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after hitting Cuba as a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane last week. Rafael weakened into a tropical storm Saturday and dissipated into a remnant low on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center...
