Cyclone leaves 2 dead, thousands without power in Latvia and Lithuania
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two people died and around half a million people were left without electricity across…
7.4 magnitude quake strikes western Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 47…
Venezuela earthquake recovery faces growing environmental risks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — More than a month has passed since Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, and the constant sound…
Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses…
Philadelphia neighborhoods hit by severe storms
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage…
New York construction scare shows challenges of office conversions
NEW YORK (AP) — When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown…
Some evacuations and street closures in effect after NYC building buckles
NEW YORK (AP) — Crews worked through the night to shore up a massive, under-construction apartment building in…
Venezuelan earthquake survivors decry faltering government response
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Angélica Mundrain wants the bodies of her son, niece and nephew to be…
Crucial window for rescuing survivors narrows as Venezuela enters third day after twin quakes
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people…
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, collapsing buildings in Caracas
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hammered Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of…
A Florida condo collapse showed signs of damage weeks before tragedy struck, probe finds
The deadly destruction of a Florida beachfront condominium actually started weeks before it collapsed into a pile of…
Virginia church tent collapse kills 1, injures 22
A large tent collapsed during a Virginia church’s 20th anniversary celebration on Friday evening, killing one person and…