In a year filled with increasing and overwhelming natural disasters, Milwaukee Independent staff returned to their hometown ...

John Yoo, a former clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the former deputy assistant attorney ...

At least 14 people have been killed by a major earthquake in Vanuatu, with the full extent of the damage still not clear. At ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu. Australia has sent search and rescue and emergency medical teams.

South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached Saturday over his short-lived martial law decree, with twelve lawmakers ...

The Osaka district court is so far the only one to rule the current law is constitutional. In the first two high court rulings earlier this year, the Sapporo and Tokyo high courts said the country's ...

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)--The leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party ... of areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake and cut spending for some funds.

The powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California on December 5 sent shock waves 500 miles away, turning Devils Hole, a remote pool in Death Valley National Park ...

SACRAMENTO — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck in a remote area of Nevada on Monday afternoon sent shaking throughout Central California, including the Sacramento area. In Sacramento ...

THAT BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF NEVADA. THAT PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE FEELING A 5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. THAT HIT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THIS HAPPENED IN YERINGTON IN LYON COUNTY.

An earthquake felt in Stockton on Monday afternoon originated from western Nevada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck 14.4 miles north of the Nevada town of Yerington at 3: ...