Nation Jun 29 Sweltering Midwest heat cancels outdoor plans as cooling centers open and the East braces DES MOINES, Iowa — Summer camp and other outdoor activities were canceled or delayed Monday as a heat wave held its grip on the Midwest and spread eastward. Communities opened cooling centers and urged people to take it easy and…
Nation Jun 24 Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy weeks after halting plans to reopen this summer In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, the camp listed its debt as exceeding $10 million.
Nation May 18 New York faces first weekday of strike that shut down commuter rail system Commuters are navigating a maze of car, bus and subway routes after a strike shut down the Long Island Rail Road in New York.
Nation May 07 Survivors of Mississippi tornadoes crawled under furniture and held onto their kids A dozen people were hurt at a trailer park in the small community of Bogue Chitto, in rural Lincoln County, said Scott Simmons, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Nation Apr 23 Authorities say they arrested a man planning a mass shooting at large New Orleans festival Authorities in several states did not name the event, but the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, commonly known as Jazz Fest, runs from Thursday through May 3. The gathering attracted about 460,000 people last year, organizers said.
Nation Apr 14 Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounded the Northern Mariana Islands for hours before daybreak Wednesday, slowing just to inflict more damage across the islands of Tinian and Saipan, home to nearly 50,000 people.
Nation Mar 11 Tornadoes kill 2 in northwestern Indiana and raze buildings in Kankakee, Illinois Several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, including one responsible for at least four tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service office in Chicago.
Nation Mar 11 2 killed and homes damaged after tornadoes tear through Illinois and Indiana, with more storms moving in Several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, including one supercell responsible for at least four tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service office in Chicago.
Nation Feb 02 Punxsutawney Phil forecasts 6 more weeks of wintry weather during extreme cold spell The news was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos from the tens of thousands who braved temperatures in the single-digits Fahrenheit to await the annual prognostication.
Nation Nov 13 Dozens hospitalized, hundreds evacuated after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday.