Climate

CORCORAN, Calif. —  A few years ago, Makram Hanna took his savings from years of work in real estate and decided to make a big investment together with relatives and two …

PHOENIX —  Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —  Alaska is off to the slowest start of a wildfire season in three decades — an immense relief one year after fires scorched nearly enough land to cover …

As California faces its first major heat wave of the summer this Fourth of July weekend, state officials are urging residents to not become complacent about the threat of wildfires …

CHICAGO —  The haze of unhealthy air that settled over Chicago and other Great Lakes cities Tuesday reminded Americans from the Midwest to the Northeast and as far south as Kentucky …

Much of California is expected to bake this weekend as the first major heat wave of the summer will send temperatures into the triple digits in several regions, stoking fears …

In a bid to expand wilderness protections to the mountains and foothills just north of the Los Angeles Basin, California Rep. Judy Chu and Sen. Alex Padilla have asked President …

COLUMBUS, Mont. —  A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train …

As California grapples with increasingly destructive wildfires due in part to climate change, many experts insist that the state must fight fire with fire and expand the use of controlled …

SOMEWHERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif.  —  It’s been a rough month for Tuffy. He was kidnapped from his parents and watched his abductive foster father eviscerate his sibling. In …