What It Takes for Flowers to Thrive in the Hottest, Driest Place in North America
Since February, wildflowers have burst from the desert floor of the national park in California, dotting the typically barren landscape with pops of color in shades of lemony yellow, cotton candy pink ...
Despite its name, Death Valley is alive with wildflower blooms. But don’t wait to see them
California’s Death Valley has come to life. The national park’s current wildflower bloom is “the best since the 2016 ‘superbloom,’” which was itself the largest in 11 years, my colleague Cierra Morgan ...
Tulsa World
Tulsa-area native, veteran journalist and businesswoman to lead Tulsa World newsroom
Kristen Wright, a veteran journalist and multiplatform communications expert who has been operating her own communications firm based in Tulsa, said she's ascending to her dream job as the Tulsa World ...
Sioux City Journal
What Smithfield's move could mean for environment, economy
Besides 120 acres of prime downtown real estate, Sioux Falls city leaders got something that has sometimes been elusive over the history of the Smithfield pork plant: an assurance that it’s not ...
No superbloom, but you can catch a spectacular show of California’s desert wildflowers
Death Valley National Park is experiencing its best wildflower bloom in a decade, with dormant seeds awakened by recent rainfall and mild winter temperatures.
‘Corpse flower cousin’ stinking up Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A flower blooms in Brooklyn but not a pleasant one. The plant known as “devil’s tongue” is in bloom for a limited time at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, leaving a foul odor for ...
Richmond
Bill Gates 'spoke candidly' about Epstein ties at a Gates Foundation meeting, spokesperson says
Bill Gates addressed his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and “took responsibility for his actions” during a town hall meeting of his nonprofit Gates Foundation on Tuesday, the ...
The Press of Atlantic City
Jeremy Sochan plans to sign with Knicks after clearing waivers, AP source says
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Sochan plans to sign with the New York Knicks once he clears waivers, a person with knowledge of the details said Thursday.
Dothan Eagle
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger rebuts Trump’s claims of a thriving nation, says costs remain high
WASHINGTON — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s depiction of the nation as being in a “golden age” during his State of the Union, arguing in her ...
Winona Daily News
US women's hockey team has date in July with Flavor Flav in Vegas to celebrate gold medal victory
The United States women’s hockey team has a date with Flavor Flav in Las Vegas in July to celebrate winning the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The Sentinel
For Northeast blizzard, everything was just right to roll up a monster snowfall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nor’easter smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with ...