Tag: U.S. news
Wildfire along Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim that leveled a historic lodge erupted over the weekend after burning for...
Bald eagle’s new status as the official US bird brings pride and hope to many Native Americans
PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY, Minn. – Some Native Americans traditionally bestow bald eagle feathers at ceremonies to mark achievements, such as graduations, and as...
‘Love Island USA’ prepares to crown winning couple following tumultuous seventh season
LOS ANGELES – “Love Island USA” will crown the winning couple of its seventh season Sunday evening, culminating a tumultuous summer full of explosive...
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
NEW YORK – For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece...
California farmworker who fell from greenhouse roof during chaotic ICE raid dies
SAN FRANCISCO – A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of...
From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV in honor of 2005 title
CHICAGO – White Sox great Paul Konerko got a present from one No. 14 to another in honor of the 20th anniversary of the...
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but some wonder how much they’ll get to see
OCHOPEE, Fla. – Florida lawmakers took a state-arranged tour of the new Everglades immigration detention center on Saturday after some were blocked earlier from...
Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population
Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due...
Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing
GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. – Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the York River, Bryan Watts looks down at a...