Santa Anita postpones weekend racing as track is staging area for fire relief efforts
A flareup of the wildfire on the west side of Los Angeles that prompted new evacuations has caused Santa Anita to cancel horse racing this weekend.
Trams collide in Strasbourg, France injuring dozens, though none critically, officials say
Two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, though none critically, firefighters said. The collision happened in the afternoon in a tunnel near the ...
How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of Americans
It was a week of fire and ice. It began with millions of people across the U.S. shivering amid blizzard conditions and frigid air that lasted for days, thanks to a jet stream that slips out of its ...
Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say
The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday, possibly complicating ...
New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
The second-guessing began before the bodies had been cleared from the debris of the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack.