- Top Stories
- US News
- International
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Business / Finance
- Health
- Science
- Technology
- Offbeat News
1/5
Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when powerful quake hit the southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south and left 55 people dead with 31 others missing.The 7.8 magnitude offshore quake, which struck Monday off Sarangani province, injured about 1,120 people and displaced more than 45,000 people, about half them still in emergency shelters, after the quake damaged more than 12,600 houses across farming towns and cities.
Many were still too traumatized to return home... Read More
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle industry.Later, she repeated her assertion that former President Joe Biden’s administration is responsible for the parasite’s return to the U.S. six decades after it was eradicated. Democratic leaders say cuts to the nation’s agriculture agency under President Donald Trump are to blame.
Screwworms are on... Read More
El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast it will rival — or exceed — a record El Nino that began in 1997 and helped trigger billions of dollars in damage from heat waves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires.
The U.S... Read More
Brazil reports drop in Amazon deforestation rates, pushing back on US tariff accusations
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the South American country.In May, Amazon deforestation was 61.4% lower than in the same month in 2025, according to officials from the National Institute for Space Research, or INPE, and the Ministry of Environment.
Still, 370 square kilometers (nearly 143 square miles) of the rainforest were cleared. Deforestation over the same period fell 12% in the... Read More
An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters. This one, located up to 23,000 feet (7 kilometers) below the surface of the southeastern Indian Ocean, spans the largest area and is so far the deepest and oldest found.
A whale's sheer size and the unique chemistry of its bones are the keys to forming these unique underwater... Read More
Top Stories in Science
- Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when powerful quake hit the southern Philippines
- Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
- El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
- Brazil reports drop in Amazon deforestation rates, pushing back on US tariff accusations
- An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life
- Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans
- Climate change makes once-rare coastal floods more likely, study says
- SpaceX wants regular investors to help its stock launch. Here's what to know before clicking 'buy'
- Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
- An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particles
Weather for Buffalo, NY
Weather Search
Current Conditions
64° F
| Mostly Cloudy | |
| Wind | 2.8 mph |
| Humidity | 87 |
4 Day Forecast
|
|||
|
Sunday
Mostly Sunny
79° / 68°
|
Monday
Mostly Cloudy W/ T-storms
73° / 52°
|
Tuesday
Intermittent Clouds
68° / 53°
|
Wednesday
Partly Sunny
72° / 58°
|
