Nick Ameen - US Politics

The Coast Guard rescued seven people Sunday who were forced to tread water without life jackets for 20 hours after their boat capsized near the...

Images of oil-caked brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) have hit the front pages of countless U.S. newspapers and other media in the past week, driving home the still-growing impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The number is only expected to ...