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MADRID (AP) — Spain's Civil Guard said Tuesday it had arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the Andalusia region, as part of a widening crackdown on unauthorized water use amid a prolonged drought.

Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales.

This time of year can be a big gift-giving moment, with Mother’s Day , Father’s Day, graduations, weddings and more.

EDMONTON — Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes short-handed.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government promised financial aid Monday to people forced from their homes by wildfires that continue to threaten many areas of the province.

Rain and cooler temperatures in northeastern British Columbia will help suppression efforts for two out-of-control wildfires, but high temperatures forecast for later this week may pose a new threat, says a BC Wildfire Service spokesman.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says it has spotted endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters for the first time this year. The department says two whales were seen Sunday by a surveillance aircraft in the Gulf of St.

HOUSTON (AP) — Crews have finally extinguished a fire at a Houston-area petrochemical plant that had been burning on and off for days, according to Shell, which operates the plant.

LA LOCHE, Sask. — Evacuation orders for several communities in northern Saskatchewan have been lifted after residents were forced to flee due to wildfires.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S.