Air quality plummets as wildfire smoke hits Alaska’s most populous cities
Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of the world’s worst air pollution in recent days,...
Former FARC leader’s arrest sought in blow to Colombia’s peace deal
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered the capture of a former FARC rebel commander-turned lawmaker on Tuesday after he failed to appear for questioning about U.S. drug-trafficking...
Forged by debt crises, Mexico’s new finance minister takes charge in choppy waters
Mexico’s new finance minister Arturo Herrera is a pragmatic and respected policy maker who says he was inspired to study economics by the Latin American...
Woodstock 50 organizers still hopeful despite second venue setback
The organizers of the beleaguered Woodstock 50 festival said on Tuesday they still hoped to get a permit for the event due to take place...
Lady Gaga to launch beauty line on Amazon as retailer targets cosmetics business
Pop star Lady Gaga on Tuesday announced a line of beauty products exclusively for sale on Amazon in a boost to the online retailer’s cosmetics...
Shell, Chevron U.S. Gulf Coast refineries monitoring weather
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas coastal refineries operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp were monitoring a developing weather disturbance in the northeastern Gulf...
Oil majors evacuate U.S. Gulf platform staff before storm
Major U.S. oil producers on Tuesday began evacuating and shutting in production at their deepwater Gulf of Mexico platforms in advance of a tropical disturbance...
U.S. appeals court signals sympathy to bid to strike down Obamacare
A federal appeals court panel appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to Republican efforts to overturn Obamacare, expressing skepticism to Democratic calls to overturn the ruling of...
Shell Texas, Louisiana refineries monitoring Gulf of Mexico weather
Royal Dutch Shell Plc was monitoring a developing weather disturbance in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico as it prepares its three U.S. Gulf Coast refineries...
BP evacuates staff, shuts in production at four U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms
BP Plc on Tuesday began to evacuate and shut in production at four offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico production platforms as a developing weather disturbance...