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The United States is facing its largest recorded Cyclospora outbreak, with over nine thousand four hundred confirmed cases across seventeen states linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce. The Centers for Disease …
Indiana Governor Mike Braun declared a statewide disaster emergency and mobilized the Indiana National Guard as severe drenching storms battered the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth consecutive day. Torrential downpours…
Indiana Governor Mike Braun declared a statewide disaster emergency on Thursday as catastrophic flash flooding submerged communities across the Midwest following relentless storms. The severe weather system dumped more t…
Federal environmental regulators have advanced a massive 972-megawatt pumped-storage energy project at the Seminoe Reservoir in central Wyoming. Developed by rPlus Hydro subsidiary Black Canyon Hydro, the initiative aims…
The U.S. is facing its largest-ever Cyclospora outbreak, with 22,723 confirmed and probable cases across 47 states linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. The outbreak has caused 517 …
A suspect driving a stolen Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was fatally shot by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper following a high-speed pursuit into Austin. The incident began when troopers received notifi…
United States wildland firefighting personnel are facing severe conditions as operational entrapments reach a 20-year high during the active 2026 wildfire season. Data compiled by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center…
Whole Foods Market has pulled multiple prepared food items containing fresh jalapeños following an emergency recall. The commercial action connects to a multi-state Salmonella Javiana outbreak that has sickened 345 indiv…
Alaska capital officials issued emergency evacuation advisories for Mendenhall Valley residents as a catastrophic glacial outburst flood developed from Suicide Basin. The National Weather Service stated billions of gallo…
Severe storms and a destructive derecho swept across the American Midwest, bringing tornadoes, straight-line winds up to 99 mph, and severe flash flooding that left hundreds of thousands without electricity. The system t…
On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial entered its twelfth day at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts, featuring testimony from mental health counselor Latiesha Dukes. Clancy, who is thirty s…
Powerful storms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and more than 800,000 customers without power across four states, officials said. A four-year-old child died after a tree fell …
In the last 24 hours, the Grasshopper Fire in Oregon has exploded in size, burning over 13,000 additional acres and bringing the total to 77,311 acres. Fire officials report the blaze is exhibiting "extreme fire behavior…
BEIJING, Aug 12 (Reuters) - China's strongest typhoon this year lashed wide swathes of the country, battering the capital with bouts of intense rain that flooded key roads and stranded vehicles, after setting new rainfa…
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office triggered widespread public alarm after issuing a county-wide wireless emergency alert for the fast-moving Hidden Forest Fire burning southeast of Bend, Oregon. Sparking near Forest …
The fast-moving Bug Fire burning along the California-Nevada border has exploded to more than sixteen thousand acres, prompting widespread mandatory evacuations and a state of emergency declaration. Igniting on Saturday …
A midwife crisscrosses Alabama to care for pregnant women and deliver babies. It's an important profession as maternity deserts expand across the U.S., according to the latest March of Dimes report. Maria Fabrizio/NPR hi…
Severe weather and intense rainstorms swept across the Chicago metropolitan area and northwestern Indiana, plunging hundreds of thousands of residents into darkness and triggering emergency tornado warnings. The severe s…
Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has announced its intention to make an unsolicited takeover bid to acquire all outstanding common shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. for an implied value of US$4.00 per share. The proposed transaction …
The Pacific Northwest remains the nation's most active wildfire region, with major blazes in Washington and Oregon exhibiting what fire officials describe as “extreme fire behavior” as hot, dry, and windy conditions cont…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders issued an open letter to the chief executives of Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, demanding an immediate halt to the development of advanced artificial intelligence. The Guardian The letter, addre…
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo officially declared a state of emergency due to the rapidly spreading Bug and Fred Mountain Fires. The declaration was signed as extreme wildfire behavior forced significant expansions of man…
The contiguous United States experienced its hottest month in recorded history this July, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Temperatures across the Lower forty eight state…
Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has dropped to its lowest water level since it was first filled nearly 90 years ago, according to federal data. The reservoir, which straddles the Arizona-Nevada bor…
Investing.com -- Tenax Therapeutics stock plunged 84.2% in pre-open trading after the company disclosed that its Phase 3 LEVEL trial of TNX-103 -- oral levosimendan -- failed to meet its primary endpoint of a statistical…