Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump’s first term.

Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in Canada. A geologist said it was a rare recording.

Metropolitan Police say they will be ready for upcoming events at the Capitol.

City officials were warned in 2019 that the bollards designed to block vehicles did “not appear to work.” They were being fixed when a truck rammed through Bourbon Street on Wednesday.

Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.

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Experts disagreed on whether running surveillance camera images released by the police through a facial recognition system would produce a reliable lead.