How this Mainer proved that wooly mammoths once roamed the state


by Bangor Daily News

Bangor Daily News— At least one famous species of extinct Ice Age megafauna was present in Maine at one point: the wooly mammoth.

KEYT—California State Parks starts general planning process for El Capitán, Refugio State beaches and Gaviota State Park. California State Parks announced it is developing an update to its General Plan for the future of El Capitán and Refugio State beaches, as well as Gaviota State Park.

Washington Examiner—Red states are better at saving the planet than blue states. The juxtaposition between Georgia’s new nuclear plant and California’s imaginary high-speed rail shows the difference between GOP and Democratic approaches to the environment. Georgia has completed the second of two nuclear reactors, the first two new nuclear reactors built in the United States since 1996. On the downside, the plant came in over budget and […]

U.S. Department of State (.gov)—Kingdom of the Netherlands National Day - United States Department of State. On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and wish His Majesty King Willem-Alexander a happy birthday on Koningsdag. Ever since Henry Hudson sailed the Dutch East India Company’s Halve Maen into New York Harbor in 1609, our two nations have prospered together through the