What is a flash flood? A civil engineer explains how it happens
As recent deluges in St. Louis and Kentucky show, flash flooding can happen in urban and rural areas, with deadly results in either setting.
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As recent deluges in St. Louis and Kentucky show, flash flooding can happen in urban and rural areas, with deadly results in either setting.
Watch the intense moment police and firefighters rescue a woman trapped in a car in Arizona floodwaters.
Indictments show U.S. companies are supplying a market for fins that activists say is as reprehensible as the now-illegal trade in elephant ivory was.
Federal prosecutors say they have pictures of the couple in KGB jackets which prosecutors entered into court as part of a motion to deny the couple bail.
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Anyone caught near the tree named Hyperion in California's Redwood National Park faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
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The addition was part of a wider effort by the chain to increase efficiency and use up more of its ingredients, which has also seen KFC introduce offerings such as chicken wing tips to its menu.
This week's new entertainment releases include music from Calvin Harris and a host of his musical friends as well as the four-part docuseries "My Life as a Rolling Stone."
Dr. Dean Ornish is trying to do for the brain what he did for the heart. At his nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institutein California, he's using the same four lifestyle interventions to see if early-stage Alzheimer's can be "slowed, stopped or even reversed" without the use of drugs, devices or surgeries.
Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for "Caesar's Hour" and the voice Ursula in "The Little Mermaid," has died at age 95.
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There’s a new party in town — but it may not last long.
White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says in a letter Sunday that the president “continues to feel well” and will keep on working from the executive residence.
Robot vacuums used to only exist in the pages of science fiction. Now, they’ve become an everyday appliance that can help you stay on top of your housekeeping.