As the HokieBird mascot at Virginia Tech, Augusta County native Amy Wells had to keep her role as “the bird” a secret from other students.

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her ...

Cook moved across the country so that his cultural artifacts might enrich visitors’ experiences with the live birds. I was writing a book on the Bald Eagle and had come to Wabasha at Cook’s invitation ...

In his book “American Oasis,” Kyle Paoletta explores the region’s environmental and cultural struggles and what they mean for the rest of the nation. In Adam Ross’s long-awaited second ...

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The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird. President Joe ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. Officials determined the patient had exposure ...

Part sci-fi and part coming-of-age, the book weaves their storylines together to paint a modern portrait of what it means to fulfill the American Dream. Short-story writer Kelly Link weaves a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the first known severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu, and ...