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Tropical Storm Chantal races toward Caribbean
Tropical Storm Chantal barreled through the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday NZT, racing toward the Lesser Antilles, the National Weather Service said….
Video of the 777 crashing at San Fran
Fred Hayes was watching planes land at San Francisco airport and filmed the Asiana 777 crash landing on runway 28L.
2 dead, 10 critical after Boeing 777 crashes at San Fran Airport (+pics)
Updated 1:31pm — A Boeing 777 crash landed at San Francisco airport this morning, killing at least two people, injuring…
6.0 quake strikes Indonesia
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Saturday, days after a temblor left dozens dead in the nation. The quake struck…
Great green blob covers Chinese waters (+video)
For years, China has talked about promoting “green growth.” But this probably isn’t what they had in mind. For the…
Just In – Amazing aurora above Antarctica
This amazing photo has just come in from Tim Delany, who is Winter Technical Support, working at Antarctica New Zealand’s…
Deadly U.S. wildfire 8% contained
Firefighters determined to snuff out a wildfire that killed 19 of their colleagues scoured the scorched earth near Prescott, Arizona,…
Unmanned Russian rocket explodes after liftoff (+ Video)
An unmanned Russian rocket veered off course and exploded in a fireball, seconds after liftoff from a launch pad in…
Opinion: Is Obama right on Climate Change?
Editor’s note: Chris Field is the director of the Department of Global Ecology of the Carnegie Institution for Science and…
Record-setting heat wave turns fatal in US Southwest
Death Valley resident Mike Wood says he’s used to the heat. But when his running shoes begin to melt, he…
