Corps will not weigh climate effects in Asia of exported coal in NW terminals' review

The Army Corps of Engineers will not consider the climate effects of burning U.S. coal in Asia in reviews o...

L.A. City Council OKs ban on plastic grocery and carryout bags

Los Angeles on Tuesday became the largest city in the nation to move toward a ban on plastic grocery bags, ...

Climate change a threat to migratory birds, wildlife group says

Climate change is altering and destroying important habitats that America’s migratory birds depend ...

Scarlet shorebird serves as harbinger of climate change between the poles

In years past, tens of thousands of red knots crowded the sandy beaches of Mispillion Harbor in Delaware Ba...

Promiscuity helps honeybees mix up the gene pool

RALEIGH, N.C. - Queen bees who cavort with multiple mates are not behaving badly.

An unexpected lesson in Antarctic ice melt

It's called calving, and it occurs when enormous chunks of ice burst free from glaciers or floating ice she...

ExxonMobil faces federal lawsuit over Arkansas oil spill

The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 2...

School Grades

State to review tougher school grading formula

The Florida Board of Education agreed Tuesday to have a task force review the state’s school grading...

Pembroke Pines charter schools may be privatized under new plan

With the teachers’ union resisting pay cuts, Pembroke Pines leaders are threatening to privatize the...

Miami-Dade Schools

Education officials head to Tampa to urge “mitigation” of school grading formula

School grades are expected to drop statewide this summer, barring a “mitigation” of new, toug...

Bored no more: Here are ways to have fun this summer

School’s been out less than a week, and already it’s started:

Coral Gables

Coral Gables school celebrates 90th birthday

Coral Gables Preparatory Academy is on its third name, but it’s still the same school George Merrick...

Education

Teacher was ‘second dad’ to students

Retired elementary school teacher Jonathan Gans inspired his students to think creatively, critically and b...

Schools

Miami-Dade schools seeks district-wide accreditation

Miami-Dade County Public Schools could become the largest accredited school district in the country.

FATHER’S DAY

Slowly slipping away, but still my dad

IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly

While the developing scandal over the IRS’s targeting of conservatives has largely focused on its scru...

PART TWO: VIETNAM

Lack of answers tests faith and mettle of families and searchers alike

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Two of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunship...

REMEMBERING VIETNAM

To absent comrades: Memorial Day memories

A missing gunner plane and an enduring mystery

A six-hour Vietnam combat mission in 1965 tested the limits of forensic science, and the faith and patience...

PART THREE: VIETNAM

After decades of searching, could a handful of debris provide the answer?

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Three of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunsh...

First person

Bus rides and toboggan slides with mom

How did my mother raise eight of us on $105 a week? Liver sausage sandwiches and unselfish love.

Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong bi...

Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet

A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and ...

Driver says he was speeding so he could dry car

He was drying off his freshly washed car.

Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

Thailand's Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior after a vide...

Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon

A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months...

Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to resc...

NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York

Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd r...