EPA opens civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes
JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it is…
Bear mauls 10-year-old in grandparents’ Connecticut backyard
A 250-pound (113-kilogram) black bear mauled a 10-year-old boy playing in his grandparents’…
Yellowstone's Northeast entrance to open to traffic Saturday
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — The northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park will open to…
California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California’s four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray…
Fishermen hire Bush-era official in challenge to whale laws
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine lobster fishermen have hired a former high-ranking U.S. Department of…
Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years
RICHMOND, Vt. — Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news…
Mississippi city with water woes also faces trash trouble
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s capital city is still grappling with a troubled…
'Forever chemicals' in deer, fish challenge hunters, tourism
PORTLAND, Maine — Wildlife agencies in the U.S. are finding elevated levels of a class of…
California water agencies offer Colorado River savings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California water agencies that rely on the parched Colorado River said…