3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (408+ words) HONOLULU — Hurricane Lowell's intense winds and storm surge that battered Hawaii's western islands this week are suspected in the deaths of at least two people. On the island of Kauai, the storm damaged oceanfront resorts, knocked out power and ripped…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (551+ words) HONOLULU — Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii's western islands Tuesday, knocking out power and bringing the threat of flash floods and mudslides. Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (429+ words) ROME — Authorities on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome, a 1st-century AD depiction of a maritime city in what became the largest bath complex in the world. Mayor Roberto Gualtieri…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (728+ words) KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal's Trishuli River on Friday, nine days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore ​through its valley, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) Tina Hart, president of the Utah Professional Archaeological Council, or UPAC, has some serious concerns about the proposed changes. "It's important because federal agencies don't have all the answers all by themselves," Hart explained. "Tribal members, tribal historic preservation officers,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (839+ words) EUTAW SPRINGS, S.C. — Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of the British soldiers encamped at this South Carolina crossroad near the…...