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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.

A relative of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 takes a photo of a slideshow displaying the chronology of events since the plane went missing during a press conference held by Hugh Dunleavy, right bottom, commercial director of Malaysia Airlines at right in a hotel in Beijing, China, Friday, March 14, 2014.

California's historic drought has folks discussing ways to curtail water use in the garden.

The medical examiner in northeast Ohio's Cuyahoga County said Thursday that heroin killed 195 people there in 2013.

In this April 8, 2011 file photo, a welcome sign for Fargo, N.D., sits in the rising floodwaters of the Red River as a flood engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at left, inspects the levee protecting the downtown area.

LOS ANGELES a?? Now that Southern California has dried out from recent rains, folks can get back to worrying about the epic drought that still grips the state and threatens its future.

The 2:06 a.m. quake had a magnitude of 6.3 according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Adichie, whose other works include "Half of a Yellow Sun," was chosen over "The Goldfinch" author Donna Tartt and three other finalists.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck early Friday in the sea that separates three of Japan's main islands, about 100 miles southwest of Hiroshima, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The winter of 2013-14 was a tale of two extremes, with intense cold and heavy snow in the north-central U.S. and record-breaking warmth and drought in the West, especially California.

California water officials are planning to temporarily dam three channels on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to keep out salty ocean water if the state's drought persists.