Fire officials said crews were starting to make some progress in containing the wildfires that have ravaged Northern California since Sunday and killed at least 35 people.

The leader of the Air Force Academy delivered a poignant and stern message on race relations in a speech to thousands of cadets after someone wrote racial slurs on message boards outside the dorm rooms of five black students.

New Orleans evacuated some residents from areas outside its levee system as Tropical Storm Nate swirled toward the U.S.

Mexico’s government has expressed its gratitude for “the international community’s support and solidarity” following the powerful earthquakes on Sept. 7 and Sept. 19.

Suffering itself after two major earthquakes last month, Mexico plans to send aid including water and electricity experts to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Maria.

The Washington Post today endorsed the law-making initiative of a Republican group that protects the 800,000 dreamers approved under the DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) since 2012, and opens the door to permanent residence and citizenship in 15 years.

At least 59 people were killed Monday morning at a Las Vegas music festival, in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. These are their stories.

At least 16 countries around the world have come to Mexico’s aid in the wake of two major earthquakes that have killed more than 400 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

A lone gunman released a rapid-fire barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel late Sunday, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500 others attending a country music festival below, officials said.

Three of California's eight Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams have been approved for deployment by Governor Brown, and at the request of FEMA, to assist and respond to the damage of Hurricane Maria.