SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in their predictions, a new study found.
After years of hearing critics blast the models' accuracy, climate scientist Zeke Hausfather decided to see just how good they have been. He tracked down 17 models used...
NOMAAN MERCHANT
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — A local judge in South Texas has ordered supporters of President Donald Trump not to build their planned private border wall on a section of land near the Rio Grande.
State District Judge Keno Vasquez on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against We Build the Wall, which raised $25 million after promising to...
Tom Krisher
AP Auto Writer
Detroit (AP) — BMW is telling owners of some older 3-series cars to stop driving them after another recall of dangerous Takata air bag inflators.
A driver in Australia was killed by an airbag malfunction, while another Australian and a driver in Cyprus were injured, according to government documents.
The recently discovered malfunction is different than the...
KATHY GANNON
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Washington's special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday to launch an "accelerated effort" to get Afghans on both sides of the protracted conflict to the negotiation table to plot a roadmap to a post-war Afghanistan.
His next stop will be Doha in the Middle East where he...
HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, state media reported Wednesday, as his military chief lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for talking about a possible military option against the North.
Mount Paektu and...
LORNE COOK and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
WATFORD, England (AP) — NATO leaders sought Wednesday to paper over differences like the military alliance's future priorities but insisted they would respond as one in the event of an attack on any of the 29 member countries.
Ending a summit just north of London to mark NATO's 70th anniversary, the leaders announced that...
JULIET LINDERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is tightening work requirements for the federal food stamp program in a move that will slash benefits for hundreds of thousands of people.
The final rule, announced Wednesday, will limit the ability of states to exempt work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive benefits through the...
MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaughtered in northern Mexico last month and assured them "at least four" suspects have been detained, a family member said.
Julian LeBaron said that during the family's Monday meeting with López Obrador...
ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is aiming to make the annual U.N.-sponsored climate talks underway in Madrid the last ones for full participation by the United States, which is the world's No. 1 economy and the second-biggest carbon emitter.
Trump dismisses climate change and he thumbed his nose at previous climate talks by twice sending White...
JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
WATFORD, England (AP) — NATO leaders professed unity on Wednesday at a summit near London — but a spat over off-the-cuff chit chat at a royal reception rattled their show of solidarity.
U.S. President Donald Trump branded the leader of America's northern neighbor "two-faced" after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to gossip about Trump in comments...