Natalie Venegas is a Weekend Reporter at Newsweek based in New York. Her focus is reporting on education, social justice issues, healthcare, crime and politics while specializing on marginalized ...

He was part of a sit-in protest on the Tishreen Dam, organised by the local authorities. One of the few crossing points over the river, the dam has become a flashpoint in ongoing fighting between ...

Two of the largest wildfires in California that have burned thousands of acres and prompted tens of thousands to evacuate have been fully contained after over three weeks of devastation ...

The California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) is pushing back on President Trump’s recent claim that the U.S. military entered the state and “turned on the water” in the wake of ...

Someone’s been beavering away on North Vancouver’s Keith Creek, gnawing down trees and jamming up the urban waterway, dam it ... beavers are building a lodge near the middle section of ...

The Hanahan Police Department received the report around 5 p.m. saying there was a possible body in the Goose Creek near Estuary neighborhood and Remy Way. Hanahan officers and detectives searched ...

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By Miriam JordanHamed Aleaziz and Heather Knight Katy Perry belted out “California Gurls,” and Joni Mitchell offered a rare performance as Angelenos spoke movingly about loss — and resilience.

Tens of thousands of California residents were forced to flee from their homes. Strong Santa Ana winds fueled wildfires that burned across Southern California for more than three weeks ...