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This aerial view shows the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023. A drone small enough to fit in one's hand flew inside one of the damaged reactors at the wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in hopes it can examine some of the molten fuel debris in areas where earlier robots failed to reach. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

A small drone flies into a damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor for the first time to study melted fuel

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Flower Mound, Texas, Fire Department, Flower Mound firefighters respond to a fire in the Texas Panhandle, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town. (Flower Mound Fire Department via AP)

Why did the Texas Panhandle fires grow so fast?

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This image taken from Greenville Fire-Rescue's facebook page on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 shows fires in the Texas Panhandle. A fast-moving wildfire burning through the Texas Panhandle grew into the second-largest blaze in state history, forcing evacuations and triggering power outages as firefighters struggled to contain the widening flames. (Greenville Fire-Rescue via AP)

Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns

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Farmers protest outside the Senedd, the Welsh parliament, over planned changes to post Brexit farming subsidies, in Cardiff, Wales, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

Farmers rally around Welsh capital in latest protest over proposed environmental rules

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Morrill Worcester sits for a portrait at his wreath-making company in Columbia, Maine, Dec. 1, 2006. The family that wanted to build the world's tallest flagpole in Down East Maine has agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty under a consent agreement following construction of more than 50 cabins without obtaining environmental permits from the state. The Board of Environmental Protection on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, signed off on the consent agreement signed late last month by Worcester, patriarch of the family whose company owns the land. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Family that wanted to build world’s tallest flagpole to pay $250K fine for cabins

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A farmer sits atop a tractor during a protest outside the European Parliament offices in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

EU poised to OK major plan to meet climate goals and better protect nature despite farmer protests

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Flower Mound, Texas, Fire Department, Flower Mound firefighters respond to a fire in the Texas Panhandle, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town. (Flower Mound Fire Department via AP)

Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle and pause work at nuclear weapons facility

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

A young golden eagle is released above Rogers Pass by a wildlife biologist on Oct. 6, 2005, near Lincoln, Mont. A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation then illegally selling their parts intends to plead guilty to federal criminal charges. (Michael Gallacher/The Missoulian via AP, File)

Man to plead guilty in ‘killing spree’ of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

FILE - Tourists wear face masks at the entrance of the Victoria Falls in Victoria Falls on Aug, 6, 2021. An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls National Park, home to one of the world’s natural wonders, the country’s parks spokesman said. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told The Associated Press that the tourist went missing in the vast rainforest on Friday Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Tichaona Muketiwa, File)

Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe not seen for 9 days, officials say in new details

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

$Protesters pack a meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. The commission awarded bids to frack for oil and under public land Monday, including state parks and designated wildlife areas, to several oil and gas companies. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson)$

Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks, wildlife areas

By Samantha Hendrickson - Associated Press

This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. A Japanese moon explorer, after making a historic “pinpoint” lunar landing last month, has also captured data from 10 lunar rocks, a far greater than expected work that could help find the clue to the origin of the moon, its project manager said Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University via AP, File)

Japan’s moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his speech at the Mose Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, during the African National Congress national manifesto launch in anticipation of the 2024 general elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s ANC launches election manifesto as president highlights party’s achievements

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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the International Agriculture Fair on the opening day in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Macron booed by French farmers who blame him for not doing enough to support agriculture

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Liam Lazo boards a diesel school bus near his home, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Virginia Beach, Va. Diesel exhaust from school buses affects one-third of U.S. students, their parents and educators each day. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Tired of diesel fumes, these moms are pushing for electric school buses

By Alexa St. John - Associated Press

This image provided by NASA on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, shows the Neptune system captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, revealing the planet’s rings, which have not been seen with this clarity in more than three decades. Webb’s new image of Neptune also captures details of the planet’s turbulent, windy atmosphere. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via AP)

Astronomers spot previously unknown moons around Neptune and Uranus

By Christina Larson - Associated Press

This recent image provided by the Brookfield Zoo shows a male grey seal pup and his mother at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Zoo officials say a grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at the Chicago-area zoo and is now “a very attentive mother" to her newborn. (Jim Schulz/Brookfield Zoo via AP)

Blind seal gives birth and nurtures the pup at an Illinois zoo

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Police officers with gas masks stand guard near the Security Police's headquarters in Solna, north of Stockholm, Sweden, Friday Feb. 23, 2024. A suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency on Friday forced the authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility, Swedish broadcaster TV4 said. (Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency via AP)

Police in Sweden evacuate about 500 people from security agency over suspected gas leak

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Paleontologist Cleaning Tyrannosaurus Dinosaur Skeleton with Brushes. File photo credit: Gorodenkoff via Shutterstock.

Ancient reptile fossil found in China, not Loch Ness

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A man takes a photograph of a tractor, with the Eiffel Tower in background, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in Paris. Angry farmers were back to Paris on their tractors in a new protest demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

This recent image provided by the Brookfield Zoo shows a male grey seal pup and his mother at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Zoo officials say a grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at the Chicago-area zoo and is now “a very attentive mother" to her newborn. (Jim Schulz/Brookfield Zoo via AP)

Blind seal gives birth and nurtures the pup at an Illinois zoo

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