They're such a frequent sight that a University of Hawaii professor calls the state the “rainbow capital of the world.” Right now it's the winter rainy season in the islands, which means the ...

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the birds’ natural South African habitat LOS ANGELES -- A “committee ...

The nation's young people scored an average 5 points lower in reading than kids who tested before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, from 220 to 215 for fourth graders and from 263 to 258 for eighth ...

Instead, the results, from last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, tell a grim tale, especially in reading: The slide in achievement has only continued. The percentage of eighth ...