In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in ...

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people affected by the southern California wildfires. The ...

Extreme drought expanded into parts of Los Angeles County as a dry start to the wet season continues. See this week’s California Drought Monitor report.

The former all-area high school football player from Dunlap has built a life in California with his wife. The recent ...

Pope Francis referred to the L.A. wildfires during his weekly general audience Wednesday and invoked Our Lady of Guadalupe, ...

Much-anticipated rain could be headed to drought-stricken Southern California this weekend -- but rainfall also brings the ...

Recent natural disasters, from Hurricane Helene in the Southeast to wildfires in the Los Angeles area have shown just how ...

The Justice Department will investigate state and local officials who stand in the way of President Donald Trump's ...

The Illinois governor also called Trump’s inauguration a gathering of “oligarchs,” a reference to tech barons Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos having prime seats at the swearing-in ceremony.

Some states have enacted various laws that give government agencies in their jurisdictions the right to refuse to work with the federal government.