Firefighters in Santa Barbara County continued mop-up operations Sunday after battling a wildfire that destroyed about 20 structures, prompting hundreds of evacuations in Goleta over the weekend...
The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor...
A U.S. Border Patrol agent is in stable condition after being shot several times at close range Tuesday, border patrol said. In a desolate part of southern Arizona near the Mexican border, the lone...
A man working as a contractor at the White House was arrested by the Secret Service on Tuesday after the agency said it learned of a warrant out for his arrest. The arrest of Martese Edwards stemmed...
President Trump moved Friday to roll back civil-service protections that federal employees have enjoyed for a generation, making it easier to fire poor performers, curtailing time employees can be...
First it was lava, then acid rain and vog. Now, residents near Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano confronted a new threat Monday: laze, a toxic cloud mashup of lava and haze. Laze forms when...
President Trump hailed a decision by North Korea on Saturday to dismantle a nuclear test site, calling it "a very smart and gracious gesture." "North Korea has announced that they will dismantle...
The potential for "explosive eruptions" from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in the coming weeks is rising, raising the prospect of pebble-sized projectiles being sprayed several miles from the fissures,...
President Donald Trump's lawyer for the probe into alleged collusion between his election team and Russia has left, in the case's latest legal shake-up. Ty Cobb will be replaced by Emmet Flood, an...
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5m (£3.2m) to cover the lapsed US financial commitment to the Paris climate accord. He said he had a responsibility to help improve the...
A woman has been killed and seven others needed medical treatment after an engine on a US passenger jet apparently exploded in midair. Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 made an emergency landing in...
A San Francisco police officer who emigrated from Afghanistan and is Muslim has alleged that he was harassed on the job and retaliated against after reporting racist and homophobic comments by his...