Halloween night 2005 was bizarre even by the standards of Halloween — and the French Quarter. Part of the old neighborhood ...

Incompetence, misplaced concerns about federalism, and foolish media management combined for the perfect storm that engulfed Bush’s second term.

A contractor cut down 107 trees in New Orleans that were planted by a nonprofit. Here's why it's emblematic of larger ...

Jim Henterly spends most of the summer atop a North Cascades peak, where the view of our wildfire future is uneasy.

As the number of fires continues to rise, each new one represents a roll of the dice, said Michael Medler, a former wildland firefighter and pyrogeography researcher at Western Washington University.

As the play returns to Broadway, Keanu Reeves, John Goodman, Wendell Pierce, Nathan Lane and more share the meaning they find in the impenetrable masterpiece.

From bone-chilling blizzards and hurricane-force winds to devastating droughts and biblical-style floods, these are the worst ...

Initial success gave way to neglect as Bush pivoted to Iraq. The Taliban regrouped. The war dragged on for 20 years. The CIA ...

Authorities issued an immediate evacuation order for parts of La Plata County on Saturday after levee breaches caused ...

The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control said Saturday that evacuations have been ordered along Vallecito Creek ...

NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast with catastrophic storm surge and flooding, New Orleans marked the storm's anniversary Friday with solemn memorials, ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a researcher at Georgia Tech has developed a simulator to understand the failures of the levees that led to widespread flooding. [DOWNLOAD: ...