Two endangered Mexican gray wolves housed at the Albuquerque zoo are the proud parents of seven pups. The pups recently came out of their den for the first time (June 9).
Veteran astronauts Pamela A. Melroy, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Scott Kelly have been selected for induction into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in Merritt Island, Florida (June 8).
YouTube download / AP video / Protesters in Minneapolis on Tuesday filled the intersection in the street where a black man named George Floyd died in police custody. Protesters later damaged the windows of a police precinct and a squad car. Police responded with tear gas (May 27).
YouTube download / AP video / Today in History for May 27: Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public; U.N. Tribunal indicts Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; the British Navy sinks Nazi Germany's battleship Bismarck; Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed.
A black bear named Takoda at the Oregon Zoo got a chance to splash around in a tub of water while waiting for zoo visitors to return. The 10-year-old, 400-pound bear hopped into the 300-gallon tub after keepers filled it with water (May 7).
Floodwaters that overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in Central Michigan now threaten a Dow Superfund site and downstream communities (May 21).
For Yazidi women like Laila Taloo, the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate meant death to their men, rape and slavery for them. IS no longer holds any territory in Iraq and Syria, but many Yazidis are still missing (May 21).
Utah Highway Patrol troopers helped a moose family out of danger. Troopers in Summit County used their patrol vehicle to urge a mamma moose and her two calves to move off the roadway to safety (May 19).
The City of New Orleans is building a $30 million park to be built on land donated to the city by the nuns of the Congregation of St. Joseph to help remedy chronic flooding challenges (May 21).
President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home (May 21).
