Ethermac|5.7 earthquake reported on big island of Hawaii

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury awarded nearly $80 million to the family of a 10-year-old Chicago girl who was

Federal regulators on Tuesday announced a broad crackdown on what they called a "tide of illegal tel

Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student who went missing for two days, tol

When the sky over New York City filled with smoke last week from massive wildfires burning thousands

Hundreds of people were laid off today by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as t

The legislation aimed at regulating North Carolina’s huge and largely unregulated poultry industry s

Eight years ago, Whatcom County, on the northwest coast of Washington State, seemed destined to beco

The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhou

Steve Martinand Martin Shortare "weird uncles" of the bride-to-be, Selena Gomez.The longtime colleag

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The brother of San Francisco’s mayor was resentenced to a shorter prison term M

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across priva

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energ

Life isn't quite so simple anymore for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.The two socialites-turned-busi

MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of viol

Amazon's announcement of a pause in development of its second headquarters, in suburban Washington,

Locals look for silver linings as Amazon hits pause on its new HQ