Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds. By Laird Hunt Laird Hunt’s most recent work of fiction, “Float Up, ...

The Colorado River currently supports 40 million people and $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity in seven U.S. states and Mexico — but it was never intended to be stretched so thin. A century-old ...

One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba. Patterson is a fur trader, but on this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colorado River currently supports 40 million people and $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity in seven U.S. states and ...

We went magnet fishing expecting the usual scrap metal and random junk. Instead, we pulled up something that instantly changed the mood. What we didn’t realize is that in certain situations, magnet ...

Released into the wild decades ago, Florida’s giant pythons have multiplied into an unstoppable force, devouring native wildlife and collapsing fragile ecosystems. Trump moves to undo tax rule that ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sullivan’s Crossing fans are in for a shock when they tune in for the upcoming fourth season of the popular Canadian series — one of its three main stars, Scott Patterson, will not be in it ...

A Baton Rouge government initiative under investigation often failed to properly bid contracts, justify its expenses or comply with basic federal rules governing half the $1 million in grant money ...

Officials and engineers have warned for decades of a growing crisis with the aging systems that handle the billions of gallons of water flowing from toilets, tubs and washing machines across the ...

FRANKLIN — Silt that built up and trees that flourished during drought years earlier this decade continue to cause problems for some Republican Basin farmers with land along the river.