Science & Environment
Activists celebrate Earth Day with service, awareness events
Organizers of Earth Day, celebrated each April 22, say more than one billion people are marking Earth Day 2016 with activities to ...More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor ...Ecuador quake toll rises to 350; rebuilding to cost billions
The death toll rose to 350 on Monday from a devastating earthquake that hit Ecuador at the weekend, as rescuers hunted for ...Death toll in Ecuador earthquake rises to 238
The death toll from Ecuador\'s biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 238 on Sunday as rescuers using tractors and bare ...Floods hit Chilean capital, cut water to millions
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding and cut water service to 4.5 million people around Chile\'s capital, Santiago, officials said Sunday.Dozens killed as 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador late Saturday, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending ...Some sleep in cars after 2 nights of quakes kill 41 in Japan
The wooden home barely withstood the first earthquake. An even stronger one the next night dealt what might have been the final ...Scores trapped as Japan earthquakes toll hits 32
Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 32 ...Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Japan quake
Rescuers searched through rubble for possible survivors Friday after a powerful earthquake in southern Japan left at least nine people dead and ...New strong quake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory. The quake\'s epicenter was near the city ...