Inside a charred book, pages dotted in soot stains tell the story of how San Francisco rose to the epicenter of a gold rush. Barely escaping the 1906 earthquake, this book should’ve burned completely.

When gangs set fire to the FIFA Goal Center in Haiti’s capital this year, it wasn’t just a key sports ground that went up in flames. It was the center of Haitian youth sports, a training ground for ...

Tsunami Warnings in Russia, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, California Highlight Updates: Evacuations are currently taking place in ...

Its reports and live updates on the devastating tremor were marked at an event in New York on Wednesday.

On May 10, 1996, more than 30 climbers became stranded high on the world’s tallest mountain by a powerful and unexpected storm. Oxygen-starved, exhausted and lost in the darkness, their story became a ...

At least one person has died, nine people are injured and nine employees remain unaccounted for after a deadly chemical tank ...

The Sicilian village of Gibellina was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968, but its ruins were to be reborn as a spectacular ...

Search crews will renew efforts Wednesday to find nine people still missing a day after a deadly chemical tank rupture at a ...

In our roundup of travel stories this week: the Wyoming monument made famous by “alien encounters,” the rise of solo dining, and the lowdown on the “Schengen Shuffle.” ...

Search crews are restarting efforts to recover nine people after a chemical tank rupture at a paper plant in Washington state ...