The great Charles Dickens used the phrase in "Oliver Twist" writing, "We cut over the fields at the back, with him between us — straight as the crow flies — through hedge and ditch." But how exactly ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...

Heavy rain could produce flooding, mudslides and debris flows in northern and central California, and it is expected to take ...

At least 29 people were killed in the two fires that scorched thousands of acres and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 ...

Still intact are multilingual translations of FEMA’s web content, in contrast to the much-publicized deletion of the White ...

Fresno forecast calls for rain as early as Friday night and continuing all of next week, the National Weather Service in ...

The Learjet 55 had just taken off from the airport at 6:06 p.m. bound for Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri ...

In most cases, such name changes are reviewed by a Department of Interior panel known as the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

President Donald Trump’s order requiring the federal government’s more than 2 million civilian employees to return in-person ...

A private jet carrying two people crashed near a mall in northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening, the Federal Aviation ...

Trump nominates 'Sharpiegate' scientist to lead US weather agency NOAA - Neil Jacobs led NOAA on an acting basis for part of ...

A car wash can be an inviting target. The workers are outdoors, so ICE agents can approach them freely and needn’t worry about trying to enter a house or business.