The hazards mostly involve the possibility of dead or dying trees leaning toward the trail and might fall onto the trail or their roots may compromise the trail itself.

Late Tuesday morning, during the worst of the storm, an avalanche struck a group of 15 backcountry skiers who were on their ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests.

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

The body of an Italian prisoner of war was found hanging on Fort Lawton, outside Seattle. The Army's investigation pointed to ...

A new law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of survivors of domestic violence. Most are still behind bars.

Also, Cuba nears collapse. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Among the other unknowns after the disaster is how far apart the four guides and 11 clients were as they skied, given that ...

Five days after it started, a sewage discharge near the Flint River has ended, according to the city of Flushing.

By putting conflicting metadata in LNK files, a researcher found four new ways to spoof targets, hide arguments, and run unintended programs in Windows Explorer.