Girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found traumatized, with baby
By MICHELLE FAUL and HARUNA UMAR One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a…
Forests
IVORY COAST PILOTS NOVEL ELEPHANT RESCUE
By ROBBIE COREY-BOULET In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 and distributed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a tranquilized elephant is loaded onto a truck near the…
Scientists oppose logging bills in Congress
By SCOTT SONNER RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 200 biologists, ecologists and other scientists are urging Congress to defeat legislation they say would destroy critical wildlife habitat by setting…
DOZENS INJURED IN CHICAGO-AREA CTA TRAIN CRASH
Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided during rush hour Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Forest Park, Ill. About four dozen people were injured…
HO– USE BACKS BILL TO BOOST LOGGING IN NAT’L FORESTS
By MATTHEW DALY FILE – This March 18, 2011 file photo shows a Douglas fir tree on federal forest land outside Ruch, Ore. The blue paint marking a tree for…
WATERSHED PROTECTION GOAL OF USDA, COCA-COLA PACT
By TAMMY WEBBER FILE – In this March 5, 2013 file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vilsack is scheduled to be at at the…