WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S.

While captain Ryan Gauld remains Vancouver’s highest-paid player, the Whitecaps now have a second $2-million man (all figures ...

Ken Dosanjh, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says the rain in the forecast will be “nothing” ...

Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond, 50, announced at a press conference that he will step down at the end of November, two years into his tenure as the historic city’s top cop.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The former finance director for a city in a suburb of the central Alabama city of Birmingham has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $1 million. Robert Winston Burgett entered ...

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the homicide victim’s body was found June 19, 1986, near the Interstate 10 Twin Span bridges close to Slidell. For years, she was known only as “Lake Lady ...

A western Nebraska school superintendent who wanted a student to remove his cowboy hat is facing a felony charge after the boy fell to the ground during a scuffle over the hat. The Maywood School ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive ...

Teenage surfer Erin Brooks really is riding the crest of a wave these days. Brooks, a wild-card entry, became the first Canadian woman to win on the World Surf League’s elite Championship Tour, ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its 150-year campaign to break up Native American culture, language and ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The death of the world’s most famous grizzly bear on a highway in western Wyoming has made an orphan of ...

Fellow Canadians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are Gilles and Poirier’s biggest challengers this weekend, with two-time ...