Cracked windshield forces American Airlines emergency landing
(Reuters) – A hail storm cracked the windshield of an American Airlines jetliner headed to Phoenix and forced it to divert to El Paso, Texas, Sunday night, officials said.
Rains fail to quench western U.S. wildfires
(Reuters) – Rains fell on two massive wildfires in the U.S. southwest but it was not enough to quench the fires that were burning through thousands of acres in New Mexico and Colorado early Monday, officials said.
Woman armed with pellet gun prompts brief shutdown of San Diego marathon
(Reuters) – A woman wielding a pellet gun prompted police to briefly shut down San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday and halt thousands of runners before she was taken into custody, officials said.
Three people trapped by lava airlifted to safety near Hawaii volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Three people were airlifted to safety on Sunday morning as lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano threatened an isolated area where they had become trapped, the National Guard said.
Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron in Denver: police
(Reuters) – An off-duty FBI agent dancing wildly at a downtown Denver bar accidentally shot a man in the leg when the agent tried to pick up a gun that fell from its holster as he performed a handstand, Denver police said.
Rain on way to help douse wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado
(Reuters) – Mother Nature is bringing good news to the firefighters battling wild blazes in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Colorado: rain, and lots of it.
Hawaii evacuees leave homes as new lava threatens on Big Island
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – National Guard troops, police and firefighters ushered the last group of evacuees from homes on the eastern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island early on Saturday, hours before lava from the Kilauea volcano cut off road access to the ar…
Two climbers die in fall from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two climbers fell to their deaths on Saturday from the face of the towering El Capitan granite rock formation at Yosemite National Park in northern California, the U.S. National Park Service said.
Hawaii evacuees leave newly lava-threatened homes on Big Island
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – National Guard troops, police and firefighters ushered the last group of evacuees from homes on the eastern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island early on Saturday, hours before creeping lava from the Kilauea volcano severed all road acc…
New Mexico, Colorado wildfires force hundreds to evacuate
(Reuters) – Wildfires stoked by low humidity and high temperatures raged in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado on Saturday, threatening nearly 1,900 homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents from remote communities, fire official…
