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Follow live updates on the Texas floods, where the death toll has surpassed 100, including Camp Mystic counselors and campers ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation is looking for its next K9 mascot and a chance to be featured in the first-ever ...

Search and rescue crews recovered the body of the third missing flood victim in Williamson County on July 8. This brings the ...

A sign hangs on Colleen Lucas' longtime home after floodwaters destroyed much of it on July 4, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. Colleen Lucas stands outside her home of 40 years days after Guadalupe River ...

From the daily newsletter: a report from the scene in Kerr County. Plus: a hundred years of book recommendations.

Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Alex Padilla have introduced a bill that would ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks or concealing their identities during raids and ...

Altadena residents gathered for a vigil Monday evening to mark the six-month anniversary of the Eaton fire and honor each of ...

Regardless, the process cannot create storms out of thin air. Ken Leppert, an associate professor of atmospheric science at ...

The El Paso Fire Department's Water Rescue Team has been deployed to assist with dangerous flood rescues across Central Texas ...

One woman has been hospitalized after a wreck between an 18-wheeler and another vehicle outside a Kilgore Denny’s Tuesday.