Environment
Wind chill values in some areas are expected to drop to -40F.
The owl has been spotted flying around Union Station, the National Postal Museum, various Senate buildings, and Capitol Police headquarters.
A passing barge may have "disrupted" the floe, stranding people who were ice fishing.
A photographer who once helped project Rilu's image onto the Empire State Building reminded people to get vaccinated: "It’s more than just human lives that are at stake."
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The famously animal-loving "Golden Girls" icon's four-legged namesakes include dogs, at least one cat and even a donkey.
Coby, a yellow Lab, "made everyone feel special," the Columbus Zoo said.
A cloud of gas and ash from Wolf Volcano rose to 3,793 meters (12,444 feet) above sea level following the eruption that began shortly before midnight Wednesday local time.
These researchers set up a new kind of driving school.
Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin will nominate the former EPA head and coal lobbyist to serve as Virginia's next secretary of natural resources.
Thank you for being a friend to the sea otters and penguins.
Beaches from Rancho Palos Verdes to Long Beach were shuttered after the 8.5 million gallon sewage spill.
“This fire is frankly a force of nature,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said.
State officials are seeking to hold the U.S. Navy accountable for a leak at a fuel tank farm that sits above an aquifer that provides drinking water for Oahu.
A sheriff's deputy shot Eko, an 8-year-old Malayan tiger, when he wouldn't let go of the arm of a cleaning service employee who reached into his enclosure.
The extreme heat, devastating fires, deadly storms and floods we saw this year broke records — and the future only holds worse.
The leading conservation biologist, who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity," was also a passionate advocate for tropical rainforests.
"Do not travel if you don't need to," officials warn.
The James Webb Space Telescope is now targeted to launch on Christmas Day at the earliest.
A once-in-a-lifetime sighting has bird lovers flocking to the Taunton River in southeastern Massachusetts.
The retail giant is accused of illegally dumping pollutants into the state's landfills. The company has settled lawsuits over similar allegations in the past.
