Kenya is investigating the deaths of more than a dozen elephants near Amboseli National Park after some showed signs of partial paralysis. Officials say tests are continuing and no single cause has been identified.
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Typhoon Noul made landfall in Guangdong province early Sunday, prompting more than 715,000 relocations and widespread travel disruptions. Hong Kong reported flight cancellations, heavy rain, strong winds and at least nine injuries during the typhoon period.
Court filings say 284 Department of Energy grants were selected for termination based on whether they were tied to states that voted for Kamala Harris and had two Democratic senators. The Energy Department denies that the cancellation decisions were politically motivated.
Hong Wang and Yu Deng became the first Chinese mathematicians to win the Fields Medal, with Wang also becoming the first Chinese woman and only the third woman overall to receive the prize. Their wins sparked celebration on Chinese social media and discussion about where top Chinese researchers train and work.
Explorers have found the wreckage of Pan Am’s Clipper Endeavor 2,000 feet below the Atlantic off Puerto Rico, 74 years after the crash killed 52 people. The 1952 disaster helped prompt mandatory preflight safety briefings and better flotation requirements on commercial aircraft.
More than 50 million people in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic faced severe weather risks as wildfire smoke began clearing in the East but lingered over the Midwest. Storms could bring damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes and flash flooding from Washington to Boston.
A 67 million-year-old T. rex nicknamed Gus sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $50.1 million, the highest price ever paid for a dinosaur fossil. The sale exceeded estimates but renewed concerns among paleontologists about fossils entering private collections.
Researchers estimate more than 2,700 people in England and Wales may have died from heat-related causes during record heatwaves in May and June. Scientists said climate change made the heat more intense, adding up to 4C to maximum temperatures.