Los Angeles, California – Cleanup and demolition of a fire-damaged cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood have been halted amid a dispute between facility operator Lineage Logistics and rooftop solar owner Altus Power. The 491,000-square-foot Lineage facility was destroyed by a weeklong fire that began on June 17,...
Washington, D.C. authorities issued a Code Purple “Very Unhealthy” air quality alert on Sunday morning following President Donald Trump’s large Independence Day fireworks display over the National Mall. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the District Department of the Environment warned that Air Quality Index levels between 201 and...
Chicago and several surrounding suburbs are under critical flash flood warnings as torrential rain on Sunday overwhelms drainage systems and submerges major roads, underpasses and urban areas across central Cook County and southeastern DuPage County. The National Weather Service has issued urgent alerts for these heavily populated areas, placing hundreds...
UNITED STATES – A powerful heat wave across the eastern United States has killed at least 25 people as extreme temperatures and severe storms disrupted Independence Day holiday events during one of the country’s busiest travel weekends. As of Saturday, the National Weather Service reported nearly 156 million people under...
Tacoma — Rick Samyn, a 70-year-old beekeeper, runs the L'Honey Program at St. Leo Parish and operates seven apiaries, tending roughly 40–50 hives per site with up to 80,000 bees per hive, totaling about two million bees; this week the mayor has expressed interest in pursuing a Bee City designation...
NEW YORK — Authorities are warning residents to avoid all contact with the Hudson River after thousands of tons of untreated sewage spilled into the waterway near Yonkers during an extreme heatwave. The discharge began when a wastewater treatment system in Yonkers, just north of Manhattan, lost power amid heat-induced...
Honolulu — Kelsey Pfendler, a 32-year-old Grand Canyon river guide, completed a solo row from Monterey, California, to Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Honolulu after launching on May 21 and spending 43 days at sea in her 21-foot boat Lily. The crossing covered more than 2,400 miles and was tracked...
Des Moines, Iowa, authorities evacuated more than 100 people from apartment buildings and a hospice facility on Friday, July 3, 2026, after torrential rainfall across the Upper Midwest caused rapid flooding along Fourmile Creek. The fast-rising creek overflowed its banks, inundating nearby streets, disrupting holiday weekend plans and threatening low-lying...
A severe heat wave across the eastern and central United States is expected to persist through the end of this week, raising safety concerns for World Cup athletes, fans, and local residents during the July 4 holiday period. The National Weather Service projects peak heat indexes between 100 and 115...
U.S. snack maker Utz Quality Foods has had a May recall of several Zapp's and Dirty brand potato chips upgraded by the Food and Drug Administration to a Class I status, the agency’s highest risk level, over potential salmonella contamination. The concern stems from a seasoning ingredient containing dry milk...
