An earthquake has struck the East Coast for the third time in a little over a week—this time in Upstate New York. Earthquakes in New York aren't uncommon. There have been more than 550 in the Empire ...

Yet another earthquake off the coast of Maine shook New England Sunday morning — the third in the span of a week. The magnitude 2.0 earthquake occurred shortly before 8 a.m. approximately 8 ...

New England felt its third earthquake of the week early Sunday morning, as aftershocks continue following a Maine-based quake last Monday. The 2.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday at 7:57 a.m ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognised as a legal person on ...

Mount Taranaki is considered sacred and an ancestor of the local Māori people A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law ...

(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) Workers build a landfill on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, March 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters comments during an ...

Monday’s magnitude 3.8 earthquake was felt from Downeast Maine to New York City and west to the Hudson Valley for a few short seconds. By Tuesday evening, no aftershocks were detected by ...