CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Lesser prairie chickens once numbered in the thousands throughout the American West, thriving on the prairielands of eastern New Mexico and the American West. But in recent years, the chicken's numbers declined amid growing development in the oil and gas and ...

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 39 cents over the past three weeks to $5.10 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the price jump comes amid higher crude oil costs and tight gasoline ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister on Tuesday rejected calls by some in the country's governing parties to tax what they call "excessive profits" earned by oil companies since Russia's war in Ukraine spiked energy prices. Suggestions for such a tax by some politicians in Chancellor ...

MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A number of factors, including warming ocean temperatures, are contributing to an expected proliferation of sharks along the New York coastline this summer. In response, the state has expanded a drone program designed to keep track of them. The Office of Parks, ...

CANBY — “We’re not like any other Runnings” store, said manager Becky Moorse of the Canby Runnings location. The store was opened in 1972, and over the past 50 years, it has expanded into three additional buildings in Canby’s downtown. But still, space is tight in the interior and ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A candidate in a runoff for mayor of Georgia's third-largest city is announcing a plan to redevelop a site where a long-vacant mall stood until 2020. Steven Kendrick of Augusta made the announcement last week, with several Augusta commissioners. The redevelopment plan ...