LAS VEGAS (AP) — A strange monolith found protruding from rocks In a remote mountain range near Las Vegas was dismantled by authorities. How he got there remains a mystery. “It remains unclear how the object got to its location or who may be responsible,” Las Vegas police said Friday in a series of posts … Read more
PETIT ROCH, Ark. (AP) – The governor of Arkansas. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Wednesday cutting state spending. property and income taxes after concluding a special session in which they also approved legislation to maintain the state’s hunting and fishing programs. Sanders signed the measure cutting the state’s highest corporate and personal income tax rates, … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby … Read more
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming. — Standing on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond looked through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo dotting the verdant valley below. Beige calves frolicked near their mothers while imposing bulls wallowed in the mud. As his wife and young children gathered behind … Read more
FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — Mayumi Barrack sees a pair of periodical cicadas mating, takes out her phone and says, “Hey guys!” and take their photo. “I’m not really a bug lover, but as I look at them more and more, I think they’re adorable,” Barrack explained, noting that many other creatures – birds, squirrels, … Read more
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting because of an “unprecedented” outbreak of seafood poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. They also banned the harvest of razor clams, clams and oysters in parts of the Oregon Coast. “We had a paralytic seafood poisoning event in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the nation’s capital bid an emotional farewell to its giant pandas, the National Zoo is expecting a new wave of panda mania with the announcement that two more black-and-white furry icons will be coming to Washington. The zoo announced Wednesday that a new agreement had been reached with the … Read more