evacuations

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or trai...

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people from opposite sides in Syria's civil war were evacuated from contested areas on Monday under a U.N.-backed truce, wit...

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews have stopped the spread of a wind-whipped wildfire along the Southern California coast, reopened a scenic highway an...

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 6:20 p.m. Moldovan border police say they have detained two Moldovan citize...

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): ___ 3 a.m. President Barack Obama says he's taking a wait-and-see approach ...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The latest developments after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on bo...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The plane that caught fire as it prepared to take off from Fort Lauderdale to Venezuela had no previous incidents or issues, ...

TOKYO (AP) — The film set in Japan after a nuclear catastrophe depicts greed, discrimination, loyalty, beauty — traits made more heartbreakingly human...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the rainstorm that pounded parts of the East Coast (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The South Carolina National Guard ...

CAMERON, La. (AP) — Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of ...

ILLAPEL, Chile (AP) — Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile slept outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their h...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to participate in a Friday briefing on wildfires burning across the West. Cr...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Massive wildfires in the West have led to poor air quality across the region, causing respiratory problems for people far from t...

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires are charging through several states in the parched West, scorching homes and forcing people to flee. Flames are pl...

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Several hundred of the thousands of people driven from their homes by a massive Northern California wildfire began to tr...

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — As firefighters battled a massive Northern California wildfire threatening numerous homes, some of the 13,000 people urged t...

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — A fast-spreading wildfire in Northern California's Lake County has destroyed two buildings and more than doubled in size ove...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The latest on the shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater (times are local): 11:10 a.m. A former local television host...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Firefighters reinforced by additional manpower, equipment and an elite management team attempted to check an uncontained wildfire...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The largest Ferris wheel on the East Coast reopened Saturday, one day after 66 riders were stranded on The Orlando Eye and had to...