WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. National Park Service officials said looters are stealing fossils and archeological artifacts from national parks.

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A new amphibious transport dock ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy Saturday in Florida.

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman said its amphibious transport dock ship Mesa Verde has completed its U.S. Navy acceptance trials.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Florida's GEO Group Inc. will pay $356.1 million to buy CentraCore Properties Trust, a correctional real estate investment trust.

BLANDING, Utah, May 16 (UPI) -- The campground at Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument has been closed because of an outbreak of bubonic plague among rodents, a report said.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Conservationists hope modern, greatly improved directional drilling technologies can reduce the adverse effects of oil exploration activities on surface values such as wildlife habitat -- especially in sensitive locations like the Arctic National Wildlife

DENVER, July 20 (UPI) -- Although some wildfires are still burning, most of Mesa Verde National Park is set to reopen Monday.

SELMA, Ore., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Cooperative weather gave firefighters in Oregon some breathing room Thursday as they extended a firebreak that should help protect communities lining Oregon's Highway 199 from two massive wildfires threatening the entire Illinois River Valley. What are kn

MEDFORD, Ore., July 30 (UPI) -- Residents of a southwest Oregon valley remained on alert to evacuate their homes Tuesday as they closely watched the winds for a slight shift in direction that could send two massive wildfires bearing down on their neighborhoods. The northerly winds fanni