The speed is more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk,” Alexander Handwerger, a landslide scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said.

If we are to take seriously the threats of drought, climate change and water security, we should not reduce this place to a warring of two — or even many — sides.

Firefighters in New York have knocked down a dwindling brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island but officials say high ...

A NASA-led study has pinpointed parts of one of America's most populous states which are sinking into the ocean, including ...

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest fire near Myrtle Beach.

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United States tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports took effect on Tuesday. The levies, set at 25 percent by US President ...

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to visit and what not to miss.

At 5:02 a.m., a 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Olga on Orcas Island, according to the Pacific Northwest ...

Surfridge remains visible as the last surviving vestiges of a beach community destroyed by the airport's development.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 but has since made a comeback which experts attribute to international travel and the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment. It remains to be seen ...

William E. Humphrey was appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1931 to serve on the Federal Trade Commission for a term of ...