At least 173 people are still missing in Central Texas, with the governor warning that ‘there could be more added to that ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a contentious executive order ending birthright ...

The pending closure of two California refineries has oil companies and environmental groups seeing more eye-to-eye.

Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing ...

The narrow canyons and shallow soils in the central Texas area pummeled by recent storms long ago earned it the nickname of “Flash Flood Alley.” Yet only a fraction of homeowners there have flood ...

For nearly a month, hundreds of thousands of Iowans have not been allowed to water their lawns — even though there's no drought. Local authorities previously asked the public to refrain from washing ...

Nitrate pollution is likely to force more water-use restrictions. Iowa’s problems are uniquely severe: It has plenty of water ...

Firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn Thursday morning in Amador County, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit. Smoke may ...

From room size to food quality, my first-ever cruise on board Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas was full of surprises.

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove ...

Tucked away in the charming coastal town of Nokomis, Captain Eddie’s seafood restaurant serves up slices of key lime pie so divine, you might suspect they’ve hired mermaids as pastry chefs.

That’s when you need Wrightwood, California—a mountain hamlet where the air smells like pine trees instead of exhaust, and the only traffic jam involves three people deciding who gets the last ...