Considering how many fires we have around here, why are fires measured in acres and not square miles? Are you having a nice Memorial Day holiday? I hope you're having fun. Don't worry about me. I'm here in the shabby but genteel headquarters of Valley ...

Witnesses said the car crashed through a fence and into the onlookers before coming to rest on its side beside a home near Bailieborough, 50 miles northwest of Dublin. Police said two people - a 29-year-old woman from Cork, southwest Ireland, ...

The US Coast Guard assisted the crew of a vessel taking on water 30 nautical miles west of the entrance to the Columbia River earlier today. Sector Columbia River's Command Center received a distress call from the 36-foot commercial fishing vessel ...

Police say he was going 80 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone. Police say the driver attempted to elude the trooper but crashed a few miles later into several parked vehicles in front of Clark's Muffler Shop on Route 11 business.

Tropical Storm #Beryl Intermediate advisory 8A issued. Beryl near hurricane strength http://t.co/IdMfcu52.

The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire continued to grow, burning more than 122000 acres, or 191 square miles, by mid-day Sunday and was about two miles away from the privately owned ghost town of Mogollon in southwestern New Mexico.

(AP) -- A bit of rain and four more aircraft helped Michigan authorities in their attempts to contain a wildfire that has consumed 31.6 square miles of Upper Peninsula forest and destroyed at least 61 buildings, an official said Sunday.

Less than 5km (two miles) from central Nairobi lie the smouldering mountains of rubbish thrown away by the residents and businesses of the Kenyan capital. Dandora is one of Africa's largest dumping and scavenging grounds. Every day thousands of slum ...