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Ash Barty of Australia celebrates winning her Women's Singles Semifinals match against Madison Keys of United States during day 11 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday in Melbourne.

Ash Barty breaks a 42-year drought by reaching the Australian Open final

She'll be the the first Australian woman to reach the final of her home major tournament in more than four decades.

The Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest seawater desalination plant in the U.S., is shown in this aerial view, Sept. 4, 2015.

EPA lends $170 Million for Bud Lewis Desalination Plant environmental upgrades

Rep. Mike Levin helped secure the funds, which he said would save ratepayers up to $54 million compared with alternative financing strategies.1

DocGo, a New York-based medical company, has partnered with Dollar General to test whether patients will use urgent and primary care from a van parked in the retail giant's parking lots.

A mobile clinic parked at a Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care

Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.

The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide.

Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.

Rain on the windshield of a car stuck in freeway traffic in Spring Valley, Jan 19., 2017.

California gets more rain but remains in drought

Rain is falling across parts of Northern California and more is possible into the weekend.

Low water levels at Shasta Lake on April 25, 2022. The reservoir as of Feb. 21 , 2023 was at more than 86% of historic average levels.

Water board waives Delta rules that protect salmon

Angering environmentalists, the water board decided that cities and farmers would get more Delta water while restricting flows for endangered salmon and other fish. The move came after Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended key environmental laws.

San Diego State baseball coach Mark Martinez sitting inside the dugout at Tony Gwynn Stadium on SDSU campus, Aug. 16, 2023.

After 18 years with SDSU, Mark Martinez retires as coach of Aztec baseball

In nine seasons as head coach of SDSU, Martinez compiled a 257-217 record, winning three Mountain West tournament championships and one regular-season title.

Kevin Spesert, public affairs and real estate manager for the Sites Project Authority, points out the main canal of the Glenn Colusa Irrigation District, on July 23, 2021, near Sites, Calif.

Amid drought, California advances big new reservoir project

The reservoir is the largest of seven water storage projects scheduled to receive funding from a 2014 voter-approved bond. Environmental groups oppose the project. They say it would take too much water out of the Sacramento River and harm endangered species of salmon.

Beekeeper Gene Brandi checks the condition of his hives at a cherry tree orchard in San Juan Bautista, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2023.

California storms hit beekeepers, but honey outlook's sweet

The rainy weather is expected to bring ample wildflowers to the state this spring for bees to forage. That could mean a good year for honey.

View of a deforested and burned area of the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil on Sept. 2, 2022.

Why deforestation means less rain in tropical forests

A new study finds deforestation reduces rainfall in tropical rainforests, which has grave consequences for agriculture, drought and climate resilience.

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