The number of people missing from last week's deadly Southern California mudslides fell to three on Monday as hundreds of rescue workers searched for survivors from the rain-driven slides that killed 20 people.
A 53-year-old transient, John Keating, had been listed among the four still missing but was found safely...
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - The U.S. Highway 101 shutdown caused some chaos at the Amtrak station in Carpinteria Monday morning.
Hundreds of people were packed shoulder to shoulder at the station after a train, scheduled to arrive at 10:06 a.m., was too full.
Ticket holders said that when the train arrived, Amtrak...
One of the biggest diamonds in history has been discovered in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa.
Gem Diamonds found the 910-carat stone, about the size of two golf balls, at its Letseng mine in the country. It’s a D color Type IIa diamond, which means it has...
Fifty people jumped more than 10 feet into frigid winter waters after the shuttle ferrying them to a casino ship off the Florida Gulf Coast caught fire Sunday, authorities said.
All 50 people made it safely to shore, the Coast Guard, which is leading the investigation, told NBC News on...
Elaborating on the origins of Saturday’s false alarm, which went uncorrected for nearly 40 minutes, spokesman Richard Rapoza said the employee who mistakenly sent the missile alert “has been temporarily reassigned” to other duties.
Rapoza said an internal investigation of the blunder would be completed by week’s end and that...
LIMA, Peru — A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, officials said.
The sole fatality was a man crushed by a falling rock, officials said. They said many of those injured were in...
The future of king salmon fishing in Southeast will change this week as the Board of Fisheries considers proposals to boost struggling Chinook stocks on the Chilkat and Taku rivers. The board convened in Sitka Thursday for a 13-day meeting that will resume Monday morning.
The meeting isn’t limited to...
WASHINGTON — A false alert sent to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday warning of an incoming ballistic missile is calling attention to an emergency notification system that government officials at all levels say needs major improvements.
The Federal Communications Commission said it was opening a “full investigation into what happened”...
t was a nice morning on the Big Island of Hawaii as Kevin and Pamela Spitze drove to an art show in Hilo when the words popped up on Kevin’s cellphone screen:
“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.”
Then it added for emphasis:
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
The Spitzes,...
