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With storms in the forecast, crews were warned about potential mud and debris slides along incinerated hillsides. Officials Friday said the search for missing residents should be completed by Tuesday.

The city itself — skyscrapers, homes and factories — snagged the moist air of Hurricane Harvey and caused more rain to fall. Two new studies detail how humans are making hurricane flooding worse.

The Society for Neuroscience meeting is taking place in Washington, D.C., this weekend. Researchers there are focusing on how to find the biological underpinnings of mental disorders.

The blast was felt more than 30 miles away, knocking homes off their foundations and casting debris about half a mile. A criminal probe is underway, though it's not clear what caused the explosion.

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

Israel's military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a likely expanded ground operation there.

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades later, their short visit still has visible, and vibrant, effects.

Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, but new blazes erupted in San Diego County.

Loveday Morris, Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief, says if confirmed, the deadly airstrike marks the most civilian causalities since the U.S. began fighting ISIS in 2014.

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and find sources of income.

The Israeli military says an order for nearly a million people to march south is "inevitable" -- and the assault has already begun.

Since Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast a year ago, the federal government has spent millions to repair the devastation. But with a changing climate, more storms — and more damage — are likely on the way. A geologist argues it's time to rethink the strategy, but Long Beach locals are thankful for the rebuilding efforts.

Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are highly effective for weight loss. But researchers at the Society for Neuroscience meeting say they are only beginning to understand the drugs' effects on the brain.

The Grammy-Award nominated baritone first auditioned to play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street back in high school. He didn't get the part then; now he's starring in the Broadway production.

A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity. Lava flows destroyed isolated homes on the nearby mountainside.

A new study shows that as people mostly remained indoors during lockdowns last year, many bird species found less noisy and polluted cities more inviting.

Israeli troops seek to evacuate two isolated settlements in the northern West Bank. Police stormed a citadel and synagogues in the Sanur and Homesh enclaves that had been fortified by protesters. Most of the settlers left days earlier, and the protesters are primarily from other West Bank settlements.

Law enforcement in California are still searching for multiple shooters responsible for killing six and wounding another 12 on Sunday. The deceased have been identified.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Fiona MacGregor, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, about the cash for work program, which gives Rohingya refugee volunteers a stipend to help prepare safer shelters.

Days after the House formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Russian hackers reportedly started working to gain access to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holding's email accounts.