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According to a news release, the exercise this week involves more than 50 Army and Air National Guard units training alongside local fire departments, paramedics, law enforcement agencies and other emergency organizations.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled the central Oklahoma town of Harrah The temblor was reported around 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Hours before that, the USGS recorded a 2.8 magnitude quake near the north central town of Langston.
A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating. It took jurors just over four hours of deliberation Saturday before finding... A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating.
The music is thumping and crowds are dancing at gay pride events around the country, with some revelers saying the partying is proof that people won't give in to fear after the Orlando attack. The music was thumping and crowds were dancing Saturday at gay pride events around the U.S., with some revelers saying the partying was proof that people won't give in to fear after last weekend's attack at a gay... Firefighters battling home-threatening wildfires in the West caught a break overnight as gusty winds died down but with the region bracing for sweltering heat, Saturday's respite could be brief, authorities said.
California fire crews are battling a rapidly growing wildfire that has already burned 4,000 acres near Santa Barbara, fire officials said Friday. The situation may get worse, with temperatures pushing into the high 90s this weekend, an abundance of dry grass because of an ongoing drought and offshore northerly "sundowner winds" that could spread the fire.
RECROP OF LON812 FILE In this May 12, 2015 file photo, Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox poses for a photograph. British lawmaker Cox has been injured in a shooting incident near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, it has been reported, Thursday June 16, 2016.
A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating. It took jurors just over four hours of deliberation Saturday before finding... A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating.
A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating. It took jurors just over four hours of deliberation Saturday before finding... A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt football player of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he had been dating.
Pennsylvania would get around $46 million to combat its opioid and heroin epidemic under a $1.1 billion treatment funding proposal in President Barack Obama's 2017 budget, federal officials announced today in a press release and conference call. Democratic members of the U.S. House and Senate, though, were not predicting easy passage.
Fresno fire fighters extinguish a brush fire burning on the shoulder between Highway 168 and the Shaw Avenue exit in Fresno on Saturday, June 11, 2016. Nathan Magsig, a candidate for Fresno County Board of Supervisors, speaks during his primary party about his chances of an outright victory on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.
Has prosecutorial misconduct become an epidemic in Louisiana? A number of national publications seem to think so. Nary a week goes by when there is not a story of some Louisiana prosecutor supposedly pursuing justice by breaking the law.
A wind-driven wildfire is burning an estimated 2,000 acres and threatening about 1,200 homes in a central Oregon subdivision, prompting officials to put residents on an evacuation notice. The Akawana fire, reported Tuesday, is burning on private forest land about 13 miles north of Sisters, Oregon Department of Forestry officials said.
Members of the National Guard listen as State EOC supervisor Chris Utzinger reads messages about the latest details on a simulated tsunami during an earthquake and tsunami readiness drill, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Camp Murray, Wash. The four-day event, called Cascadia Rising, is built around the premise of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake 95 miles off of the coast of Oregon that results in a tsunami.
The National Weather Service has ended the tornado warning they issued at 12:15 p.m., indicating the storm system has weakened. Like the wake from a boat, Tropical Storm Colin has left behind a trough in the atmosphere that is a focus for showers and thunderstorms.
The National Weather Service has ended the tornado warning they issued at 12:15 p.m., indicating the storm system has weakened. Like the wake from a boat, Tropical Storm Colin has left behind a trough in the atmosphere that is a focus for showers and thunderstorms.
It moves approximately 9,000 structures out of the high-risk flood areas, and 3,500 structures in, which could affect how much property owners will spend on insurance. SARASOTA, Fla - System which is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of Florida is generating big storms in the Carribean.
Report: Brevard escapes riskiest rank for storm surge Other spots in Florida not so lucky. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/1sWkTP6 Rick and Rae Sprole, owners of Sundeck Inn on Fort Myers Beach, walk through flooded waters as they help a customer staying at their inn Aug. 27, 2012.
If water is the life blood of the West, then the recently rehabilitated Green River Diversion Dam is a major artery that helps distribute that blood to the Green River community that heavily relies on it. If water is the life blood of the West, then the recently rehabilitated Green River Diversion Dam is a major artery that helps distribute that blood to the Green River community that heavily relies on it.
Hurricane Joaquin was one of just two major hurricanes to form in the Atlantic in 2015, intensifying to near Category 5 strength. The storm damaged houses on Crooked Island in the Bahamas, pictured here, and is blamed for sinking the cargo ship El Faro, killing a crew of 33. Wednesday marked the official start for the Atlantic season, even if mother nature got a jump start this year by throwing two pre-season storms into the mix.
Residents of some rural southeast Texas counties braced for more flooding along a river that is expected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought. Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding along a river that reached a record high Tuesday as more rain was expected in the coming days.