Category: Domestic

At least 15 people are dead and more than two dozen are injured in California from weather-related incidents, Santa Barbara County officials said Wednesday. The southern part of the state has been drenched with severe rain just weeks after several fires tore through the area. Flash flooding, debris flow and mudslides are punishing the communities […]

New York City is suing five oil companies over climate change. The city is suing BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, according to The Associated Press. New York alleges the five major oil companies have played a role in global warming, the AP reported and is seeking to recoup billions of dollars spent preparing […]

A major winter storm later this week may add insult to injury for millions across the East Coast that have faced a bitter blast of Arctic air gripping much of the U.S. since Christmas — but it will also bring frigid air and ice to areas typically left untouched: Georgia and Florida. The National Weather […]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A firefighter died Thursday while working a colossal wildfire burning in coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles that has become the fourth largest in California history. CBS Los Angeles reports the victim was a Cal Fire engineer who worked for the department’s San Diego unit. The death, but no details of the […]

High winds threatened to return Sunday in Southern California as firefighters work to contain the wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least one person, a day after Gov. Jerry Brown warned the flames could be “the new normal” in the state. Winds up to 55 mph forecasted on Sunday threatened to flare […]

President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration Friday and ordered federal aid to California as residents under siege from a series of wildfires were being urged to wear face masks amid deteriorating weather conditions. As of Friday morning, the Thomas fire – the largest and most destructive in the state – had grown to 132,000 […]

An earthquake was detected in Delaware Bay not far from Dover Base Housing in Delaware today. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported that the earthquake registered a 5.1 magnitude, before revising it down to 4.4. People quickly took to social media to share their surprise at the rare Northeast occurrence. Either there was just an […]

A day after a Keystone Pipeline leak spilled more than 200,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota, the pipeline operator says the incident is “controlled” and there is no risk to public safety. TransCanada Corp. said in a statement Friday that “we take this incident very seriously and are working with federal and state regulatory […]

The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report stands in stark contrast to the administration’s efforts to downplay humans’ role in global warming, withdraw from an international climate accord and reverse Obama-era policies aimed at curbing America’s greenhouse-gas output. The White House did not seek to prevent the release […]

A Virginia man who admitted to shooting a bald eagle and then running it over several times with an all-terrain vehicle was sentenced to a month of house arrest Monday. Allen H. Thacker, 62, was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service at an area wildlife refuge and to pay $500 in fines […]

The death toll from wildfires raging in northern California rose to at least 35 early Saturday as firefighters continued to battle blazes around the state that have burned more than 221,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes and other structures. One of the at least eight people killed in a large fire burning in Mendocino […]