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‘Flying Rainbow’ bird draws watchers to Vermont town

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Bird-watchers are flocking to a small town in Vermont hoping to catch a glimpse of the painted bunting, a rare bird described as a "flying rainbow" that normally doesn't fly north of the Carolinas on the East Coast. It's the sixth

Massachusetts

Wildlife, people increasingly intersect as territories overlap

BOSTON – With spring in the air – for now, at least – many animals in the wild, including black bears, are getting ready to emerge from their lairs in search of food both for themselves and their newborn broods. Massachusetts is the third most densely populated state in the country, with roughly

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Funeral to draw large crowd in support of Oregon occupier

KANAB, Utah (AP) — The funeral for the Arizona rancher killed by law enforcement during the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge was expected to draw supporters Friday from around the West to a small Utah town. Authorities shot Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, 54, during a Jan. 26 traffic

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Arrests of Oregon standoff leaders leaves 1 person dead

BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Federal and state law officers arrested the leaders of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge, during a traffic stop along a highway in Oregon's frozen high country that prompted gunfire and left one man dead. Militant leader Ammon Bundy and his followers were