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The denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities' ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on streets and in public rights of way. Advocates for the homeless lauded the move.

A refinery plant in southeast Texas exploded early Wednesday morning. Several people were hurt. As investigators work to determine a cause, there are questions about why explosions keep happening.

As this year’s Dungeness crab fishery approaches, so does the risk of whale entanglements in crab gear.

On Tuesday, British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave.

California on Friday officially challenged a Trump administration plan to open up more than a million acres of public land in the state to fossil fuel development. In December, the Bureau of Land Management finalized a fracking and drilling plan that spans eight counties in Central California, ending a federal moratorium on new leases in … Continue reading California Sues Federal Government Over Central Valley Drilling Proposal →

Deborah Dugan, the Recording Academy president and CEO, has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into misconduct allegations.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the federal plan conflicts with the state's goal of reducing its emission of planet warming gases 40% by 2030.

For reasons ranging from climate change to protected zones, fisherfolk who go out in a small boat and use a rod are having a difficult time coming up with a good catch nowadays.

At a press conference Friday, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler focused on efforts of collaboration between him and other city commissioners, bureaus and agencies.

Warming temperatures in the Arctic mean transportation routes for cargo ships are slowly opening up. But there very few ports and railway links in the region. A local mayor wants to change that.