Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech California regulators deliver major blow to power contract North America's ...

An illegal alien who shot and seriously wounded a 61-year-old civilian and injured four police officers in Omaha previously had a violent record, the Department of Homeland Security revealed.

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

During her recent appearance at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, The Defenders star noted that no member of the Alien team expected the 1979 movie to have such an impact on the ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) - Two adults and three children have lost their lives in a house fire this week in Alabama. Lawrence County officials said the fire happened on Friday at about 5 ...

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A Maryland man is facing charges after Prince George's County police said he set fire to his apartment in Laurel on Sunday, prompting an extensive emergency response and leaving several residents ...