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At least eight deaths have been blamed on a record-breaking cold spell that still had its grip on much of the country Wednesday morning, NBC News reported. More than 150 record-low temperatures were recorded from Texas to Maine, proving particularly punishing to areas that were enjoying relatively balmy temperatures in the days before. The National Weather Service said the cold...

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast. Port Macquarie Koala Hospital President Sue Ashton said she hoped wildlife carers would be allowed to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors on Thursday. The fire was started by a lightning strike on Friday in a forest in New...

The shutdown of one of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plants last year is having a surprising, stinging consequence for a New Jersey bay considered one of the nation’s most fragile.

Cameras inside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery caught on video the massive blasts early June 21 from just yards away.

Tropical Storm Karen became slightly stronger Thursday, but forecasters said the system was expected to turn toward the northeast before becoming a remnant low over the weekend.

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Scientists say Hurricane Dorian washed out to sea more than 8,000 sea turtle nests from a Florida wildlife refuge.

KFC is taking America’s love of two foods to the next level with a series of chicken and doughnut meals across 40 locations in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family’s home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island. What was underneath was sodden and unrecognizable. He shuffled across a white tile floor, the only clear sign this had once been a house, and found a pair...

A third death in Florida is being blamed on Hurricane Dorian.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed relief that Hurricane Dorian’s track changed before hitting the state, telling reporters Thursday, “we hoped for the best, but we had to prepare for the worst.”

A brick of cocaine washed ashore on a Florida beach as Hurricane Dorian made its way up the coast, authorities said.

This is a live look at conditions as Hurricane Dorian continues a northwestward trajectory hugging the U.S. East Coast.

Hurricane Dorian raked the coastal Carolinas with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks.

Dozens of nursing homes and assisted living facilities along Florida’s East Coast were being evacuated Monday, mostly over concerns about storm surge and high winds from Hurricane Dorian, officials said.