It's finally done. President Joe Biden created two new national monuments on more than 860,000 acres of California sacred tribal lands, beloved hiking trails and wilderness habitat at the White ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 World Monuments Watch, highlighting 25 sites facing significant challenges. This biennial program, launched in 1996, aims to raise awareness ...

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The World Monuments Fund has announced its biennial list of the most endangered places on Earth — and, this year, one place that's even beyond it. The Watch List is intended to raise awareness ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the 2024 year-end press conference, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native ...

President Biden on Tuesday signed proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of ...

In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while ...

Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction. Biden signed proclamations ...

President Biden established Chuckwalla National Monument, protecting more than 600,000 acres of public lands in the California desert. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ...

By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage sites including Machu Picchu in Peru, temples in Cambodia and the ...