BRAINERD — I planted the tree nearly 30 years ago in my front yard. It is a red-splendor crab apple tree. The tree was only 4 feet tall, its trunk the diameter of my thumb, the day I lifted it from ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A bill that would designate the flamingo as Florida’s state bird breezed through the House of Representatives on Wednesday. In a near-unanimous vote, the House passed HB-11, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Lawmakers have tried for years to christen the flamingo as Florida’s state bird. But a bill that passed the House on Wednesday may finally clear the path for what supporters ...

Since last November, when a dinosaur-like shoebill landed on a tour boat in Uganda and appeared to dwarf observers, tourism involving the swamp birds spiked because of publicity generated by the ...

The U.S. military says three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in “Operation Epic Fury,” a U.S-Israeli coordinated strike on Iran. A teen is dead, and another teen is ...

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD PROPOSALS TO CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME ARE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE. THE BILLS PASSED OUT OF SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE TODAY. ONE ...

On Friday 10am at Christie’s Rockefeller Center auction house in Manhattan, a live auction will begin that could fetch a million dollars or more. And it has a remarkable North Country connection.

If you're in need of a little extra magic in your life, try harnessing it by summoning all sorts of fairies to your garden and home. Entice the enchanting creatures by creating a fairy village filled ...

The $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by Congress includes a “non-traditional” provision warned by analysts to benefit the United States’ biggest defense contractors.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with ...

The Eagles will arrive to Buffalo with maybe the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff field still to play for, and the chance to make one last statement in the regular season against Josh Allen and the ...

Next month, Christie’s is christening America’s 250th birthday with its largest Americana Week ever. The nine-sale, 700-lot extravaganza will feature treasures like a signed copy of the Emancipation ...