Hurricane Idalia’s Eyewall Cycle Averted More Devastation

Hurricane Idalia threatened Florida’s west coast in the predawn hours of Wednesday with dire meteorological forecasts of potentially devastating winds reaching up to 130 mph. Yet, in a timely twist of fate, Idalia’s eyewall underwent replacement, averting the worst of the …

‘Kit’ Carson Monument Vandalized

Police in New Mexico’s capital city on Friday were investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to a 19th century frontiersman and U.S. soldier who had a leading role in the death of hundreds of Native Americans during Anglo-American settlement of the American…

4 dead, 30 injured in Brazil after metal factory explodes

An explosion Friday at a metal factory in the countryside of Brazil’s most populous state killed four people and seriously injured at least 30 others, officials said. Dozens of firefighters and rescue teams were sent to the site of the explosion in the city of Cabreuva, São Paulo Gov. Tarcisio de Freitas said on social […]