Thursday May 15th, 2025 3:06PM

AP National News

Forget driverless cars. One company wants autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires
A New Hampshire company is working to develop a fleet of autonomous helicopters that it hopes can be used to put out fires, spray crops and handle other dangerous jobs
12:10AM ( 5 months ago )
The White House's Christmas tree is a symbol of resilience for hurricane-hit North Carolina farms
The White House's Christmas tree is slated to be cut and transported from a North Carolina farm on Wednesday
12:08AM ( 5 months ago )
Takeaways from the AP's investigation into Osprey safety issues
The Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. service members in Japan
12:06AM ( 5 months ago )
In southern India's tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests
Forests of native trees and plants once blanketed the Western Ghats mountains in southern India, but nearly 200 years ago, British colonists installed rows upon rows of tea plantations there
12:03AM ( 5 months ago )
The Osprey's safety issues spiked over five years and caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it
The Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. service members in Japan
12:03AM ( 5 months ago )
G20 summit calls for more aid to Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine
Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies have gathered once again with a lighter schedule after they issued a joint declaration the night before
11:27PM ( 5 months ago )
Lula urges G20 members to take action to slow global warming
Brazil’s president has opened the second day of a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies by calling for more action to slow global warming, saying developed nations must speed up their initiatives to reduce harmful emissions
11:27PM ( 5 months ago )
42,000 crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights
As tens of thousands of marchers thronged the streets in New Zealand’s capital Wellington, the column of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest
10:27PM ( 5 months ago )
Tens of thousands crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights
As tens of thousands of marchers thronged the streets in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, the column of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest
10:27PM ( 5 months ago )
Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
Travel writer Arthur Frommer, who revolutionized leisure travel for ordinary Americans with his guidebook “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day,” has died
9:41PM ( 5 months ago )