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Workers are preparing New York's Central Park for an ambitious art project. The artists Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude are planning to install 7,500 gates -- free-hanging colored panels -- along 23 miles of paths. But they will remain up for only 16 days.

Having legalized marijuana, Colorado votes whether to impose a 25 percent tax. Portland, Maine, will decide whether to legalize pot. And Hyde Park, Utah, voters will decide whether to allow beer sales.

Republican state Senator Damon Thayer is applauding a state Legislative Ethics Commission decision dropping an ethics complaint against him. A former…

Gatorland, an amusement park in Florida, announced the birth of an alligator with a rare genetic mutation.

A homeless encampment in Minneapolis has grown to 550 tents after officials had legalized camping. The camp is causing concerns as crime and assaults make the city rethink the ambitious plan.

Robert Mueller is the least-known high profile public figure in Washington, D.C. So in the year of his investigation he has been defined by others: tarred as a Deep State conspirator, held up as an avenging angel and made the subject of quite a few funny moments.

350 thousand acres are burning in Northern California, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles. We'll hear from residents threatened by the Park Fire.

A Chinese company this week made a play to become what could be likened to The Walt Disney Company of China. Steve Inskeep talks to Clifford Coonan, Asia bureau chief for The Hollywood Reporter.

Jesse Hernandez was with his family for an Easter picnic in Los Angeles' Griffith Park when he fell through a wooden board — and into a drainage pipe. He was swept away, and a frantic search began.

That means the city can't impound it, and the judge ordered that towing fees be refunded. A count last year found that more than 2,000 people who were homeless in Seattle were living in vehicles.