In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a symbol of rebirth. As its former life came to an end in a show of flames and spontaneous combustion, a newer, even better life was born from the ashes of its ...

“It really is a phoenix from the ashes, and it just gives people hope,” Griffith told USA TODAY. This is the story of how Maui residents saved the Lahaina banyan tree, with all its glory but ...

Homs Governorate, Syria Local legend has it that it was in the Syrian Desert near present day Aleppo, some Egyptians claim otherwise, that a bird of ...

Can Phoenix rebirth this burning country from its smoldering ashes? We will know come Sept. 12, when the first national convention of states in more than 150 years convenes at noon.