EVERETT — Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers is seeking applicants for the county’s Boundary Review Board. The quasi-judicial body rules on proposed annexations and incorporations for cities and ...

In the Pantanal swampland in Brazil, a capybara impressively demonstrated its nerves of steel: The capybara calmly strolled through a group of around 100 caimans and finally sat down right next to one ...

The Brooklyn Nets have been the NBA’s toughest team to forecast in recent draft cycles. After their selection of Egor Demin at No. 8 in 2025 drew criticism, reports suggest they could surprise again ...

In the past, prosthetics were merely "devices to physically compensate for lost functions." Today, however, through the fusion of bionics and neuroscience, machines are evolving into "living organs" ...

The Kawishiwi River flows June 12, 2019, near Ely, Minn. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minn. and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

A proposed copper mine in northern Minnesota has become a battleground for politicians and environmentalists — and a pressing reason to explore the waterways. The Boundary Waters is the most heavily ...

The U.S. Senate simply reopened a process that had been closed. The risks to the Boundary Waters are still real and subject to review. In transboundary waters, the risks of mining are often described ...

Tybee Island’s controversial Orange Crush weekend ended with 26 arrests and five firearms seized, including one weapon police say had been converted into a makeshift machine gun capable of fully ...

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s 20-year moratorium on mining leases across ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

Only two Republicans crossed the aisle to oppose mining near the Minnesota canoe area wilderness. The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would scrap Biden-era mining limits near the Boundary ...