CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health…
Read more Four new astronauts arrive at the ISS to replace NASA’s evacuated crewCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA’s first medical…
Read more New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuationMANILA, Philippines — A series of mild eruptions at the most active volcano in the Philippines has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone…
Read more Philippines evacuates 3,000 people after activity increases at Mayon VolcanoDENVER — A massive fire that tore through a three-story apartment complex under construction in Denver on Friday evening was still smoldering Saturday as crews battled hotspots. The…
Read more Massive apartment construction site fire in Denver burns into SaturdaySAN JOSE, California — Police in California evacuated a shopping mall Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, after a shooting left two people with…
Read more Shopping mall shooting wounds 2, prompts Black Friday evacuation in the Bay AreaHONG KONG — Hong Kong firefighters were making a final push to try and find victims and any possible survivors from the city’s worst fire in memory, going…
Read more What to know about the apartment tower fire in Hong KongWEATHERFORD, Okla. — Hundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking…
Read more Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in OklahomaYAZOO CITY, Miss. — An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials…
Read more Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuationsPARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame…
Read more Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzzNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a book coming out in January, touching upon everything from his swift political rise to the…
Read more Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s memoir is coming out in JanuaryDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire that erupted on a Cameroonian-flagged gas tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden killed two…
Read more A fire aboard a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen kills 2 marinersLOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some homes were ordered evacuated in wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods as Southern California was hit by a rare October storm that…
Read more Rare October storm brings heavy rain and possible mudslides to Southern CaliforniaThe Rancho Fire as seen from “Big” Black Mountain. (Image courtesy Cal Fire) A brush fire caused by a traffic accident spread east of Ramona Thursday, prompting evacuations…
Read more Evacuation orders lifted for brush fire east of RamonaLA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. — Authorities issued an immediate evacuation order for parts of La Plata County on Saturday after levee breaches caused flooding near Vallecito Creek north…
Read more Levee breaches, flooding prompts evacuations near Vallecito Creek in La Plata CountyBUCHAREST, Romania — BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A British Airways flight en route from Istanbul to London was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday in Romania’s…
Read more British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Romania after 4 suffer possible smoke inhalationLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles’s City Hall was evacuated after a car crashed into the steps of the building on Friday afternoon and the driver was later…
Read more LA City Hall evacuated after car crashes into building’s stepsEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — A fire broke out at a Chevron oil refinery just outside Los Angeles on Thursday night, sending towering flames…
Read more Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery just outside of Los AngelesHARRISBURG, Pa. — Federal transportation safety officials told Philadelphia’s mass transit agency this week that it should shelve an aging electric railcar model that is heavily used in…
Read more Federal safety board tells Philadelphia’s mass transit agency to shelve railcars implicated in firesCAIRO — Israeli strikes in Gaza City and at a refugee camp killed more than 40 people, including 19 women and children, health officials said Sunday, as several…
Read more Israeli strikes kill over 40 people in GazaBILLINGS, Mont. — A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the…
Read more Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter