A dry beginning of the year has left most of California abnormally parched, as officials brace for the possibility of an early and more intense wildfire season amid record-breaking temperatures.
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The U.S. is banning travel to Iran in response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus and elevating travel warnings to regions of Italy and South Korea.
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States.
Authorities previously said the victim, Jamie Feden, 33, was tied to a sign post in rural Lincoln County by John Matthew Chapman, then asphyxiated.
Districts have been rushing to update emergency plans this week after federal officials warned that the virus, which started in China, is almost certain to begin spreading in the U.S
As infectious disease experts fanned out in Vacaville, some residents in the city of 100,000 stocked up on supplies amid fears things could get worse despite official reassurances, while others took the news in stride.
A deepening health crisis became an economic one too Friday as the coronavirus outbreak sapped financial markets, emptied shops and businesses and put major sites and events off limits.
The decades-old shorthand style presented a conundrum for Sarah Langsdon, head of special collections at Weber State in Ogden: no one could read them.
HOUSTON — Businesses and schools shut down Thursday after a main line from a plant that supplies water to about half of Houston burst open, submerging vehicles on a flooded freeway and prompting emergency officials in the nation’s fourth-largest city to deploy tanker trucks to mitigate any fire hazards.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted the child was in serious condition at a Houston hospital and was expected to recover.
Authorities said 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill opened fire at the Molson Coors Brewing Co. complex on Wednesday, killing five male employees before turning his gun on himself.
If the CDC confirms that the latest U.S. case doesn’t involve travel or contact with an infected person, it would be a first in this country.
More and more countries are reporting cases of the new coronavirus. Governments and doctors on the front lines are scrambling for solutions and everyday life around the globe is being disrupted.
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office took Sarah Boone, 42, into custody on second-degree murder charges in the death of Jorge Torres Jr., 42.
Investigators warned several of the intended victims before they received the intimidating communications, indicating that they were monitoring the people making the threats.
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Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.
