As Independence Day crowds enjoyed outdoor destinations across Connecticut, numerous state parks’ lots filled to capacity and had to be closed to new visitors.

The other Northern Virginia park on the list, Mason Neck State Park, will hold lottery hunts in conjunction with the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 18-19 and Dec. 10.

The New York City Department of Health has announced additional days for mosquito spraying, as the number of mosquitoes that have tested positive for the West Nile virus ...

Ghost school, ghost hunts and ghost walks are booking up at The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. The historic building used in movie "The Shawshank Redemption" functions as a museum now. Paris ...

The FDNY responded to a hazardous liquid asphalt spill in the industrial Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point.

As of 10:30 a.m., the parking lots of Squantz Pond State Park in New Fairfield and Millers Pond State Park in Haddam are full to capacity, effectively closing the park to new visitors until ...

A pond in a city park is believed to be infested with blue-green algae, officials have said. Hull City Council said it acted quickly and cordoned off the pond in Pearson Park after early ...

Trap Pond State Park, near Laurel Trap Pond State Park in Laurel offers a bald cypress swamp for visitors to enjoy, along with several other natural attractions.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

Ohio State still has a top-five recruiting class with several high-priority targets left, even if there's been a run of bad news recently.

The campus borders on three properties already managed by the DEM, among them the Wickaboxet and Tillinghast Pond management areas and the Beach Pond State Park.

A Long Island school district may get to keep a shortened version of its “Thunderbirds” team name that New York State seemed poised to shoot down under its Native American logo ban.