The blaze is burning at a rate of more than 12 hectares a minute, which is the equivalent length of 23 football fields prompting mandatory evacuations. At least 25 people have died with at least ...

That fire, which has been dubbed the Lilac Fire, was said to be about 85 acres in size and burning at a "moderate rate of speed" with additional structures threatened, according to Cal Fire.

Yes, a display of outright antagonism would have been disrespectful and churlish, but their lack of pushback could also be taken as a vivid example of how impotent Democrats in Washington now are ...

This “pyric transition” in types of combustion forces the two different kinds of burning – fires in living landscapes and fires that burn lithic landscapes – to interact in ways that ...

Los Angeles is burning, but it isn't alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia ...

A new burn bylaw in Clarington would allow recreational fires on larger lots, but council will be watching how it impacts emergency response. Councillors voted to recommend a new open-air burn bylaw ...

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican and a Democrat are banding together to break up the centralized power structure in Washington, D.C., with a new bill moving federal agencies to other parts of the country.

Every year Louisiana lawmakers, lobbyists and business executives meet in Washington, D.C., for a condensed and slightly more politically correct version of Mardi Gras, a tradition that has been ...

Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush and former President Barack Obama listen as President Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in as the 47th President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

McElroy to become the new archbishop of Washington, D.C. It was a historic and well-timed appointment. But the fraternal relations between Washington and the Vatican are about to undergo a ...

Coming on the eve of a presidential inauguration, it seemed almost destined to become part of history, a wintry facet of Washington’s role as the national capital. In many places around the city ...