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A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the civil defense to be put on high alert.

At least 111 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday.

Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado's Rockies, a latch flipped on a crate and a wolf bounded out, heading toward the tree line. Then it stopped short.

The Biden administration moved on Tuesday to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.

Utility crews worked Tuesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S., drenching communities and bringing windspeeds over 60 mph (96 kph) in some areas. At least five people were killed.

Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes rattled the area in recent weeks.

Despite the lip service that governments, nongovernmental organizations and the media continue to pay to wind and solar power, some global leaders realize that fossil fuels will be here for a long, long time.

Since day one, the Biden administration has made it clear that its top priority is the full-scale adoption of its radical climate agenda.

This year's U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP-28, just sputtered to a predictable close. In many ways, it was much like previous gatherings.

North Korea fired a second ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast Monday, the South Korean military said.