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NEW YORK — A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of the LGBTQ rights movement will open next door to the Stonewall Inn, according to an announcement last week by the nonprofit that will manage the center in partnership with the National Park Service. The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in New York City’s [...]
Ground was broken this week on Ohio’s 76th state park, which will focus on local Native American heritage. Great Council State Park, just north of Xenia, will be a connection to Ohio’s Native American and pioneer past, according to a news release from Gov. Mike DeWine. The area was once home to Oldtown, one of [...]
ESSEX, Vt. (AP) — Before the pandemic, there was no room in the budget for Kate Murphy’s children to buy lunch at school. She and her husband would buy in bulk and make bag lunches at home, so the free school meals that were made available to students nationwide amid the crisis have brought welcome [...]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — You're in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River? Here's the catch: They're the same thing. Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign last week to rechristen as "copi" [...]
Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America's best idea. Now, the home to gushing geysers, thundering waterfalls and some of the country's most plentiful and diverse wildlife is facing its biggest challenge in [...]
The federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new phase that involves cutting and drilling into concrete and steel to determine what role they played in the disaster, officials said last week. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a news release that what's known [...]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Six environmental groups have sued officials of the Biden administration, saying a Trump-era rule change that allowed logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates federal laws and was politically motivated. "Large and old trees have outsized ecological and social importance. They provide critical ecosystem functions such as storing carbon, [...]
TOKYO — Ever dreamed of having a gingerbread house like Hansel and Gretel? In the near future, edible houses may no longer just be found in fairy tales. Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a technology to transform food waste into potentially edible "cement" for construction use. It's the world's first [...]
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is working on an ambitious project to bury thousands of miles of power lines in an effort to prevent igniting fires with its equipment and avoid shutting down electricity during hot and windy weather. PG&E announced last year that it planned to bury 10,000 miles of [...]
Living off-grid conjures images of survivalists in remote places and a rustic, “Little House on the Prairie” lifestyle with chores from morning to night. Yet only a tiny fraction of people living off-grid do it like that, and fewer still live more than an hour from any town. “Living off-grid doesn’t mean you don’t buy [...]