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State and federal records reviewed by The Associated Press show the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died in a May chemical tank collapse had accumulated 54 environmental violation notices…
2026-09-04 · 3 MIN READA private spacecraft launched to rescue NASA's Swift Observatory reached within 15 kilometers (nine miles) of the sinking telescope last weekend, but low fuel forced the robotic vehicle to turn away without completing the mission, the…
2026-09-04 · 3 MIN READThree years after the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire destroyed roughly 2,000 residential buildings and killed more than 100 people, the United States Postal Service has classified rebuilt Lahaina neighborhoods as 'new development,' ending…
2026-09-03 · 4 MIN READConnie Howie, 76, and her husband Gordon have started each morning this summer on their central Pennington County cattle ranch uncertain whether the kitchen tap will yield water. Across western South Dakota's Black Hills region, shallow…
2026-09-03 · 4 MIN READRelatives of Benjamin Halona, 67, said on Monday that the New Mexico man fatally mauled by a bear inside his home on August 20 had served the Navajo Nation as a wildland firefighter and was a beloved local tamale vendor.
2026-09-02 · 3 MIN READTwo historic schooners, the 121-foot Pilot and the 128-foot Victory Chimes, sank in early July while docked in a Brooklyn inlet off the Gowanus Canal and remain submerged there. Both vessels are owned by Crew, a New York City-based company…
2026-09-02 · 4 MIN READAbout 85 U.S. citizens are among the thousands missing after a flash flood devastated the Nepal-Tibet border region last week, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The disaster has killed at least 900 people in Nepal and left roughly…
2026-09-01 · 3 MIN READTwo people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting that erupted early Sunday during what officials called "a large unauthorized adult gathering" in the New Jersey capital of Trenton, according to the Mercer County…
2026-08-30 · 3 MIN READA U.S. charter flight deported 57 people — 51 men and six women — to Haiti's Cap-Haïtien International Airport on Thursday, the second such flight in eight days, Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported. The deportations follow the…
2026-08-28 · 4 MIN READMore than $15 billion in long-term federal disaster aid for the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires remains unappropriated roughly 600 days after the blazes destroyed more than 16,000 structures and killed 31 people. The 600-day wait…
2026-08-28 · 5 MIN READA volunteer search and rescue team reached a reportedly experienced climber stranded on a 6-inch ledge more than 10,000 feet above the ground in California's Sierra Nevada on Saturday, after the man veered off the Mendenhall couloir route…
2026-08-28 · 4 MIN READSix Flags has kept its X2 rollercoaster at Magic Mountain in Southern California closed since July 12, 2026, after two riders suffered brain injuries within days of each other, according to a CNN investigation reported by The Guardian. The…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READDavid Richardson, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as acting administrator for much of 2025, said in a recent interview that the Trump administration has moved past its early push to eliminate the disaster-response…
2026-09-03 · 4 MIN READThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board released an update Friday showing that an inspection contractor had found a chemical tank at a Washington state paper mill "not fit for continued service" 10 months before it failed on May 26, killing 11…
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The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to terminate two air-traffic controllers who left their shifts about an hour early on the night an Air Canada regional jet collided with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in March, according to…
2026-08-27 · 5 MIN READMinneapolis city officials this week released nearly 1,500 photographs and hundreds of pages of records from the Aug. 27, 2025, shooting at Annunciation Church and School, where 23-year-old Robin Westman killed two children and wounded at…
2026-08-27 · 3 MIN READDolly Parton, the country music legend and multimillionaire businesswoman, died Tuesday at age 80, the Associated Press reported. Fans told the AP her philanthropic giving would remain part of Parton's legacy.
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READBoston Scientific detected a cyberattack on Tuesday that triggered a global outage of key operations technology, leaving the medical-device maker unable to fill customer orders, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READA Northwestern University analysis of 916,404 emergency room and urgent care visits in Chicago found that more than a dozen illness and injury categories rise on days when temperatures reach 92.6°F (33.7°C) or higher. Published Wednesday…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READThe New York City Department of Correction said inmate Clarence Woodward, 41, was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers Island, the seventh inmate death at the facility this year. A correction officer…
2026-08-26 · 4 MIN READNearly two weeks after a damaging storm knocked out power across Gary, Indiana, residents and officials are calling for accountability, infrastructure improvements, and customer relief measures, BBC News reported Tuesday.
2026-08-25 · 3 MIN READMultiple people — including children — were killed Sunday evening in a shooting at a home in Billings's west end area that was also set ablaze, according to authorities. The suspect in the case was found outside the home with a…
2026-08-25 · 4 MIN READAn unidentified projectile struck an oil tanker off Oman's coast early Tuesday, disabling the vessel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. The UKMTO said it received a report of the strike at about 12:25 a.m. local…
2026-08-24 · 3 MIN READFire and medical officials have warned wildland firefighters about glutathione, an unapproved compound administered through IV drips and nebulizers to crews exposed to toxic chemicals from major Western blazes. The International…
2026-08-23 · 3 MIN READDC Alexander Park in Fort Lauderdale transformed a former parking lot into a public space that doubles as flood infrastructure as coastal communities face rising seas. Jeffrey Huber, a landscape architect and professor, said communities…
2026-08-22 · 3 MIN READDelaware beach patrols are reporting hundreds of jellyfish stings each day, with Rehoboth Beach recording 150 to 200 daily stings since the end of July and Lewes Beach averaging about 100. State officials advise beachgoers to rinse stings…
2026-08-22 · 3 MIN READThe California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Blackbird Mountain Guides $151,300 for seven alleged violations stemming from the February avalanche that killed nine members of the group — the deadliest in the state's…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READA man was killed in a bear attack Thursday in Crystal, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation, according to the Navajo Nation police department. Officers in the Window Rock district responded to a call about the attack around 1 p.m., the…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READCARLISLE, Pa. — Federal investigators have recovered intact data cards from a state police helicopter and a Cessna plane that collided at a small airport in central Pennsylvania Wednesday night, the National Transportation Safety Board…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READA charter plane carrying eight people crashed Thursday near a remote radar site in western Alaska, a federal official said. Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska region chief, said two pilots and six passengers…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, the pilot of a speedboat that capsized during a tour around the Statue of Liberty on Aug. 8, killing a 5-month-old girl and her 27-year-old mother, the…
2026-08-20 · 3 MIN READTenants across multiple U.S. cities are facing eviction over add-on utility fees — charges that can amount to hundreds of dollars a month and that many tenants did not know they owed when they signed their leases. A Guardian investigation…
2026-08-20 · 4 MIN READA Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter and a Cessna 150 collided in midair Wednesday evening near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Federal Aviation Administration reported. The crash occurred about 110 miles (170 kilometers) northwest…
2026-08-20 · 3 MIN READNine federal firefighters have told the Guardian that the US Forest Service is operating well below the staffing levels needed to respond to the current wildfire season, contradicting public statements from the agency's chief that the…
2026-08-19 · 5 MIN READFive Americans, including a Telemundo executive, were killed Wednesday when a charter helicopter crashed in Samburu County, Kenya, the State Department said. The helicopter, operated by Lady Lori Kenya Ltd., went down around 9:13 a.m.…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READNorthern Indiana Public Service Co., the area's sole electric utility, said 85,000 customers in northwest Indiana remained without power as of Wednesday morning, more than a week after storms struck the region on Aug. 11. The utility said…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READMore than 85,000 customers in northwest Indiana remained without power on Wednesday, more than a week after storms downed trees and power lines across the region, Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said. The utility, which serves the area…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READApparent human remains, including a jaw with teeth still attached, have been recovered from Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, as the ongoing drought drops water levels to record lows across western states. The National…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READNASA has released before-and-after images of the crater created when a SpaceX Falcon rocket’s upper stage struck the moon on Aug. 5. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs show a crater that scientists estimate is 60 feet (18 meters)…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READTwo explosions at Brent Industries in Toledo, Ohio, sparked a large fire shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday that drew a swarm of emergency responders, according to the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department. Authorities had no immediate word on deaths…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READJacque St Ann, 17, of Belle Chasse, Louisiana died after falling from a height inside the 45-story Plaza Tower in downtown New Orleans around midnight on August 15, according to New Orleans police. The coroner's office ruled his cause of…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READAccording to USNI News, citing a U.S. Seventh Fleet spokesperson, the USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer sailing with the George Washington carrier strike group, lost power on July 24, 2026, and drifted for four…
2026-08-17 · 3 MIN READA Peruvian seismologist has warned that central Peru faces the risk of a magnitude 8.5 to 8.8 earthquake, citing seismic energy accumulated since a 1746 megathrust event that remains largely unreleased. The warning follows earthquakes of…
2026-08-17 · 3 MIN READA shooting involving multiple suspects left five people shot at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campuswide lockdown, according to the university and county police. The victims were taken to hospitals after officers…
2026-08-15 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Geological Survey reported a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning for the region. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READFederal prosecutors have filed a new indictment against Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of starting the Palisades Fire, reducing the case from three charges to two ahead of a second trial. The new charging document, filed Thursday…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READRescue teams pulled nearly 350 people from the wreckage of Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia as the death toll climbed past 280 and hundreds remained missing, according to authorities. Colombian President Abelardo de la…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READAkron, Ohio, officials on Friday fired the police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker in November 2024 and announced the city has agreed to pay $4.75 million to the teen's family in a settlement that still requires a…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READA detainee at the Adams County detention center in Natchez, Mississippi — an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility operated by private contractor CoreCivic — alleges that a gas leak sickened people held there and that staff denied…
2026-08-14 · 4 MIN READA safety investigation team from the Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama, arrived Thursday to lead the inquiry into a Wednesday Apache helicopter crash near Salado, Texas, that killed two Fort Hood pilots during a…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READThe parents of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi college student found dead after a July 4 boating trip, used an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta on Thursday to call for a federal…
2026-08-14 · 4 MIN READThe Adelboden-Lenk ski area in the Swiss Alps may be able to put its snowmaking equipment — cannons, lances and dozens of kilometers of underground water pipes — to work dousing forest fires as Europe bakes through hot summers. An…
2026-08-13 · 3 MIN READA preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report released Thursday said investigators found bird remains inside the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 that suffered an engine failure over Greece on July 10. The failure caused engine…
2026-08-13 · 4 MIN READStingray stings at two Southern California state beaches have doubled so far in 2026 compared with all of last year, and lifeguard data show San Diego's beaches recorded more stings in the first half of 2026 than in the first six months of…
2026-08-13 · 3 MIN READMarc Anthony, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Feid, Jay Wheeler and additional Latin music performers will take the stage at the "Unidos por Los Nuestros" benefit concert livestreamed from Miami on Aug. 16 to raise money for those impacted by…
2026-08-12 · 3 MIN READBody camera footage released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows rescue teams finding two women and a 9-year-old boy last week after the trio had been stranded for three days when their river tubing trip went wrong in…
2026-08-11 · 4 MIN READThe U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued a final report recommending that U.S. Steel develop written policies and procedures for flushing gas valves, a year after an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works near…
2026-08-11 · 4 MIN READJacob "Jake" Whisenant, a 30-year-old California climber known for breaking speed records, died after falling in the Sierra Nevada wilderness last week, according to authorities. The Tulare County sheriff's office coroner unit and the…
2026-08-11 · 3 MIN READThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July, with an average temperature of 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48. The…
2026-08-10 · 3 MIN READWest Virginia's State Fire Commission is drafting a comprehensive fire prevention and control plan — the first in 50 years — after a December 2025 audit found the state-mandated document had never been compiled. The state ranks among the…
2026-08-10 · 3 MIN READThe heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat, which began in May, has contributed to…
2026-08-10 · 4 MIN READLouisiana health officials are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. The state has confirmed nine infections this year — all…
2026-08-09 · 3 MIN READRail passengers across the Midlands and north-west England face further disruption after a power outage at the Manchester Rail Operating Centre caused widespread cancellations and delays. Network Rail said some trains could be delayed,…
2026-08-07 · 3 MIN READOrleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Kern Reese approved a $106 million settlement Thursday that ends a legal battle spanning more than six years over the deadly 2019 collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New…
2026-08-06 · 3 MIN READDust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists said Thursday. Both storms — called haboobs — were extreme Category 5 events on a dust-storm severity…
2026-08-06 · 4 MIN READMultiple people were shot Saturday afternoon at an In-N-Out Burger near a shopping center in Twin Falls, Idaho, leaving at least five wounded and potentially several dead, authorities said.
2026-08-01 · 3 MIN READNearly 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta over a matter of days in late July 2026, with Spanish authorities reporting at least 67 deaths, most by drowning as people tried to swim around a…
2026-08-01 · 3 MIN READThe remains of American climber Mallory Geis have been found after an avalanche on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan, the Information Department of Gilgit Baltistan said Friday. Geis was 39 and from San Antonio, Texas, according to US media.
2026-07-31 · 3 MIN READA 28-year-old Australian hiker who went missing on the Continental Divide Trail in Wyoming has been found dead, authorities said. William Standish's body was discovered Wednesday in the Wigwams, a series of rocky peaks on the west slope of…
2026-07-31 · 3 MIN READNewly released autopsy results confirm that Brittany Clark, 31, sustained near-complete traumatic amputations of both arms during a rare alligator attack in Florida's Little Big Econ State Forest on June 28, leading to her death. The…
2026-07-31 · 4 MIN READA strengthening El Niño has broken records for intensity at its early stages, United Nations officials warned Friday, saying the weather phenomenon will likely spark more extreme weather worldwide as it grows over the coming months. The…
2026-07-31 · 3 MIN READA wildfire burning near the highly classified Area 51 facility in Nevada has consumed more than 13,500 acres and is 7% contained after nearly a week, the Bureau of Land Management said. The Quail Springs Fire, sparked by lightning, is…
2026-07-30 · 3 MIN READVideo obtained by the BBC provides a firsthand look at the powerful storm system that ripped through parts of eastern Wisconsin on 27 July, damaging buildings and leaving thousands without power.
2026-07-30 · 3 MIN READSeattle Police Chief Shon Barnes resigned Thursday amid criticism that the city was slow to release key information about a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend. Mayor Katie Wilson announced the resignation and appointed Deputy…
2026-07-30 · 3 MIN READThe American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply "crisis" for only the second time in its 150-year history, as extreme weather and a widespread foodborne illness have left supplies low at the peak of summer demand. Inventory…
2026-07-29 · 4 MIN READA lifeguard dove into waves to rescue a boy at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, California, over the weekend, a rescue that drew the attention of President Donald Trump, who said Tuesday he would invite the lifeguard to the White House.
2026-07-28 · 3 MIN READA 25-year-old Utah woman was arrested on a count of aggravated arson after authorities said she set fire to a Latter-day Saints church in Kaysville on July 10 — one day before she was scheduled to marry there. The fire caused an estimated…
2026-07-28 · 3 MIN READAndy Lippman, the Associated Press bureau chief who oversaw coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial, the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake during a 39-year career, died July 25 at his home in Tucson. He was 78. The cause…
2026-07-28 · 3 MIN READSeattle held a candlelight vigil Monday evening to mourn three people killed a day earlier during what police described as a suspected gunfight at the annual Bite of Seattle food festival near the Space Needle, as authorities said they…
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