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A pre-dawn earthquake rolled across the Los Angeles basin on Monday, with no immediate reports of damage.

Seismologists now say the earthquake that rolled across Los Angeles before dawn was magnitude 4.4. The 6:25 a.m. Monday temblor was initially estimated at 4.7. The quake was centered 15 miles west-northwest of the downtown civic center and occurred at a depth of about 5 miles.

The Fresno Bee reported Sunday that the water shortage may force the blackbird to nest on farmland instead of dry sanctuaries.

A newspaper analysis finds that the average number of 2.0 magnitude and higher earthquakes occurring in Ohio each year has risen.

Drops of rain fell on Josephine Miller's 1920s bungalow - a watery relief in the midst of a punishing drought.

A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook Chile's northern Pacific shore Sunday, leading authorities to call for a precautionary evacuation in some coastal areas, but only minor damage was reported.

Spring is just days away but winter is not leaving quietly. Just as the trees started blooming and the birds started chirping, another round of snow and ice was bearing down Sunday on the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic.

Chasing down the top spot at the box office after debuting at No. 2 last week, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" took the lead in its second weekend.

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Ice jams in the rivers resulting from warmer weather have caused the waters to rise and flood at least 16 wells southwest of Williston, but only one spilled Friday, said Kris Roberts, the head of the health department's environmental response team.

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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck about four miles from the coastal city of Sechura in northern Peru on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Stetson Engineer Inc. Tuan Nguyen measures the depth of the key well of the San Gabriel Basin in Baldwin Park on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014.

The Dayton Daily News reports that the students at Greenon High School in Springfield simulate the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles to learn technology skills that can be used in various industries.

A fast-moving brush fire that marched across 150 acres of dry vegetation on the south side of state Route 138 in the Gorman area, threatening some homes, was 35 percent contained today.

Antiretroviral treatment as prevention, long-acting HIV drugs, HIV cure research, and new treatments for hepatitis C were among the highlights discussed last week in Boston at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, the largest annual HIV/AIDS medical meeting in the U.S. On the HIV prevention front, researchers reported ... (more)

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State revenue officials say property tax relief is available for people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding.

Sensing a Republican tidal wave, President Bill Clinton worried in the summer of 1994 that Republicans were energized heading into the midterm elections while his Democratic base was deflated.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the sea off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said.