SEATTLE — Seattle’s mayor signed a new executive order Tuesday aimed at enhancing tree preservation on private property. The order directs city departments to develop policies and regulations that ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Michigan is the nation’s third-largest producer of Christmas trees. This season, growers are working hard to keep up with holiday demand while also battling ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. Though the late Jane Goodall was best known for her work with chimps, she also felt a deep personal connection to trees. In April 2014, ...

The state’s list of removed books shows none in Hillsborough, Pasco or Pinellas. But there’s a catch. Divya Kumar is an education reporter. Reach her at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling ...

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

Since the late 1970s, Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox has been delivering us hits—and iconic outfits!—whether that’s been with The Tourists or Eurythmics, or through her own successful solo ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. For this package, we’ve been asking authors and illustrators to discuss the decisions influencing a single page or ...

DELAND, Fla. (CBS12) — A 22-year-old tree service employee was killed Monday morning in DeLand, after a falling trunk struck him during a routine job — an incident authorities have ruled accidental ...

It’s hard to disagree with wise old Ralph W. Emerson who said, “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world,” since these are exceptionally fearful times. The mainstream media’s ...

A billion dollars isn’t what it used to be—but it still focuses the mind. At least it did for me when I heard that the AI company Anthropic agreed to an at least $1.5 billion settlement for authors ...