A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

Both men were larger than life, and when they joined forces to become the Natural Disasters, they were nearly unstoppable.

After Sunday afternoon’s 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck, a succession of quakes ranging from M2.6 to M3.2 shook California ...

Alex Karaban scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final six-plus minutes as ...

Monitoring stations around Mount Adams noted nine earthquakes ranging from magnitude 0.9 to 2.0 near the volcano between ...

Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years and is nearly 80 miles northwest ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another. Conversations about food, music, performance, and “weird” installation art ...

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Italian city of Naples overnight, causing damage to buildings and property and sparking ...

It was a close call when a truck crashed through the wall of a Florida woman’s bedroom, nearly hitting her. Now, police are ...