A Florida woman was bitten by a shark yesterday and taken to the hospital with the dead shark still attached to her arm.
FLORIDA: Woman hospitalized with dead shark attached to arm
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IDAHO: Fire department rescues ducklings from pool
An Idaho fire department rescued seven ducklings trapped in a Boise-area pool Saturday when residents and the ducks' mother were unable to get the small flock out.
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WATER POLLUTION: Fla. proposes relaxed toxics limits
Florida officials are trying to reduce restrictions on about two dozen cancer-causing chemicals that can be flushed into the state's rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
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VW SCANDAL: Norway's wealth fund joins suit
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, intends to join a class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen AG targeting its emissions scandal.
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AIR POLLUTION: EPA proposal scales back monitoring of roadside NO2
U.S. EPA regulators want to trim plans for keeping tabs on vehicle-related emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
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ALT VEHICLES: Autonomous vehicles could spur traffic jams
Self-driving cars could mean safer, cheaper travel but could also mean more congested roadways.
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NATIONAL PARKS: Washington Monument closed again
The Washington Monument is closed again over elevator troubles.
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FOREST SERVICE: Actress pays fine for carving in Sedona red rock
Actress Vanessa Hudgens has paid $1,000 for carving a heart into a red rock wall in Sedona, Ariz.
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EPA: IG plans follow-up audit of troubled radiation center
Two years after a scathing internal review questioned the competence and integrity of U.S. EPA's radiation field operations center, the agency's inspector general is taking a follow-up look.
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WIND: Energy firm to build world's largest offshore turbine farm
Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA will build the world's largest floating wind farm after winning a seabed lease today.
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COAL: Environmentalist bids $2.8B for Alpha assets -- report
A Virginia environmentalist may be considering a purchase of bankrupt Alpha Natural Resources' coal mines.
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POLITICS: Authorities arrest 52 activists in Wash.
Officials in Washington state apprehended 52 climate activists this weekend after they shut down railroad tracks close to two oil refineries.
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WILDLIFE: Woman's friendly bison finds new home on Craigslist
A Texas woman who once planned to open an animal education center instead sold her 1,100-pound bison online.
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NATIONAL PARKS: Teen's body recovered from Lake Mead
A teenager's body was found drowned yesterday in Lake Mead, said a spokeswoman for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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MARINE MAMMALS: Two dozen whales die off Baja Calif.
Twenty-four beached pilot whales died on the Baja California Peninsula, according to Mexican navy officials.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: World's smallest porpoise faces extinction
Vaquitas are the world's smallest porpoises, and despite major Mexican government actions, their numbers have dwindled to near 60, according to a panel of scientists.
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WILDLIFE: Killer bee danger dissipates in Calif. city after dog deaths
The reign of aggressive bees in a California neighborhood has largely ended, according to bee expert Norman Lott.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Judges skeptical of lawsuit seeking tortoise protections
Federal judges appeared skeptical today about an animal rights group's efforts to prod federal action to protect two species of tortoises.
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FEDERAL AGENCIES: House Republican wants to kill workplace yoga
Conservative Rep. Matt Salmon wants to strip federal employees of a popular wellness perk as part of his so-called Shrink Our Spending, or SOS, initiative.
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CAMPAIGN 2016: W.Va. congressman calls Trump 'clear choice'
West Virginia Republican Rep. Evan Jenkins called his party's presumptive presidential nominee, businessman Donald Trump, the "clear choice" in November.
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