Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
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Maryland’s governor said the crew of a cargo ship issued a mayday call and reported losing power moments before a crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Tumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last won April 18 in New York while the Powerball jackpot was claimed April 19 in Ohio.
A massive deluge of water is being released from the Glen Canyon Dam this week.
In California and across the deserts of Arizona, there are flashes of color popping up after an unusually wet winter helped produce a so-called “Superbloom.”
A relentless winter at Lake Tahoe has now etched its way into the history books as the Sierra’s second-snowiest on record.
A neurologist says exposure to light later into the evening for almost eight months during daylight saving time comes at a price.
Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.