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EL PASO, Canary Islands — Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa in the early hours of Tuesday, keeping nerves on edge as rivers...

This Wednesday, September 22, will mark the fall or autumn equinox for 2021—a signal that summer in the Northern Hemisphere has come to a close. The equinox means that the...

Canadians returned Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to power Monday in hotly contested elections against a rookie conservative leader, but he failed to gain an absolute majority, according to projections...

BEIJING, Sept 20 – A Chinese robotic resupply cargo spacecraft successfully docked with an orbiting space station module on Monday in the fourth of 11 missions needed to finish building...

Tensions rocked the Western alliance Monday as the EU chief backed France in its anger over a scuppered mega-contract, but US President Joe Biden addressed a key European grievance by...

Throwing a handful of belongings into her car alongside goats, chickens and a turtle, Yahaira Garcia fled her home just before the volcano erupted, belching molten lava down the mountainside....

THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said. The Four...

The US will start allowing all fully vaccinated people to fly to the US starting in early November, the Biden administration announced on Monday, ending restrictions put in place to...

Extreme heat is becoming such a big threat to workers in the US that the federal government plans to craft a new federal standard for workplaces, the Biden administration announced...

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward...