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LAS VEGAS -- The West faced more stormy weather Saturday after a powerful system buffeted several states, stranding drivers in Nevada, forcing the postponement of sports games in Arizona, causing water rescues in California, and leading to the deaths of four people.
Five workers were injured after a fire and tank explosion at a natural gas field in western Wyoming on Friday, officials said.Police said they received multiple calls about a blast at about 10:18 a.m.
She sleeps on couches, dines with strangers and lives out of her car. Still, Matika Wilbur does it for the art and for the people.Wilbur is Native American. Invariably strapped to her arm is a camera, and other than a few provisions and clothing, she owns little else.
The defeat earlier this week in Albuquerque, N.M., of a measure to outlaw late-term abortions hasn't discouraged abortion opponents from their latest strategy: micro-targeting cities and towns."We learned a lot from this campaign.
The sound of a car crash outside of Los Angeles International Airport Friday night frightened travelers into thinking shots had been fired at the airport, police said.Police received a call about 7:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- The government for the first time has enforced environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities, winning a $1 million settlement Friday from a power company that pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at two Wyoming wind farms.
Exactly 50 years to the day of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his brother’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was moved to a prison in San Diego County.
Sexism and racism were the topics of discussion during a forum Friday at a northern California university after a fraternity and sorority hosted a theme party last week deemed offensive to women and Native Americans.
A U.S. Army colonel who wrote an email suggesting attractive women should not be portrayed in U.S. Army promotional materials stepped down from her job Friday.Col. Lynette Arnhart recently sent an email arguing that an attractive woman shown in a photo in an Army magazine sent the wrong signal.
An infant girl who was abducted in South Carolina 19 years ago has been found living a "normal life" in Australia, authorities said, and her mother faces federal kidnapping and other charges.Savanna Catherine Todd, now 20, of Isle of Palms, S.C.
