The antique jewelry was heavily damaged and found in a safe that was literally the only thing left standing on the Knap ...

One gambler walked out of a Central California casino with a “monster-sized” jackpot. The player was at the Chukchansi Gold ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Connecticut has a state polka. California has a state fabric: denim. Prager thinks at least some of the increase in state symbols in the last 10 or 15 years has been fueled by students and their ...

The head of the Vancouver Public Library is defending a policy that dictates what symbols its roughly 800 staff can wear while at work, amid concerns from employees that the rules unfairly single out ...

Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.

After Abbott’s announcement, many others, including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, said flags at the U.S. Capitol and in the Golden State will be flown at ...

He is our best model for how to pull off buffalo check, a front-runner for state plaid. And if California has named denim as its state fabric, we should do the same for flannel. When it comes to ...

From the humble potato to the towering Douglas fir, poets hoping to write about our state have plenty to work with.

Action taken by New York's Legislature through the years has designated official state animals, plants, minerals and more. How well do you know the official symbols of the Empire State? 1 of 12 ...