A wildfire that destroyed 18 homes has surged back to unpredictable life, darkening the skies north of Los Angeles with black smoke and driving thousands from their homes.
San Francisco wants people who rent out their homes through Airbnb and other online platforms to follow some rules, and it wants the platforms to advertise only those rule-abiding listings — or face steep fines.
Twenty-eight calls for help in the last two years have sent the Coast Guard scrambling off the Maryland coast but in each case the call turned out to be a hoax that originated from the same person.
A federal judge has scheduled sentencing next month for a Mississippi couple who pleaded guilty to planning to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State group.
Police say a car crash that critically injured a driver and shut down part of a Phoenix freeway was started by a fight between the man and a passenger.
Twenty-eight calls for help in the last two years have sent the Coast Guard scrambling off the Maryland coast but in each case the call turned out to be a hoax that originated from the same person.
Dangerous, sweltering temperatures will extend beyond the weekend, gripping large portions of the United States as a “heat dome” brings record summer heat.
Flames raced down a steep hillside "like a freight train," leaving smoldering remains of homes and warnings that more communities should be ready to flee the wildfire churning through tinder-dry canyons in Southern California, authorities said Sunday.