In the wake of a drowning, officials are searching for a way to make an area around what is called "peace rock" safer. State and local officials gathered for a private meeting to look for ways to ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. leaders are reacting to a deadly mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school that killed two children and injured at least 17 people, calling the attack a "terrible situation." The ...

THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — The scientist traipses to a pond wearing rubber boots but he doesn’t enter the water. Instead, Brad Hollingsworth squats next to its swampy ...