A black tunnel of smoke choked Pine Valley’s Main Street. Winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour howled, driving flames right up to the edge of the volunteer-run firehouse. “The smoke and the ash and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Bobby Salazar, the owner of the “Bobby Salazar’s” restaurants located in California, has been accused by federal prosecutors of hiring a gang member to set fire to one of ...

NFL players are looking for a place to call home during this time of the year. While many are locks and not fighting for a spot on a team's 53-man roster, there are far more whose fates are still ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Bobby Salazar, the owner of the “Bobby Salazar’s” restaurants located in both Fresno and Clovis, has been accused by federal prosecutors of hiring a gang member to set ...

A small business owner says his diner is still open after a blaze next door due to the efforts of the Athens Fire Department, area fire units and the McArthur Fire Department.

With the first chill in the air and the approach of Labor Day, many people in Wisconsin prepare for the shift from long, sunny days to sweater weather and earlier nights. This year's days of beaches ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It was day three when I looked around the pool, hundreds of miles away from my home, and wondered: How ...

The eyes of the nation are on Cincinnati in the wake of the downtown beatdown, yet our city leaders have failed us. They’ve allowed criminals to roam our streets. They created an environment where ...

On Aug. 27, 1975, I began my teaching career with the Howard County Public School System at new teacher orientation. Having just graduated from UMBC with a Secondary Education Certification in Social ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

Ann Arbor fire officials are concerned about what the rest of the University of Michigan's fall semester holds after a busy weekend. Firefighters responded to a burning mattress that crews couldn't ...

For residents living along Clear Water Lake, rising water isn’t just a view out the back door — it’s creeping into their yards. The city of Apopka says a permanent irrigation pump is the solution, but ...