From a Swedish point of view, the sinking of M/S Estonia is the disaster that has caused the second most deaths in modern times. By far. It is only the tsunami in 2004 that has taken the lives of more ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on Jan. 28, 1986. All seven ...

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Additional layers of review ordered by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, have slowed assistance to disaster-struck communities. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington About $17 billion ...

Matthew Rose, an Opinion editorial director, hosted an online conversation with three Opinion columnists. Matthew Rose: On Saturday, agents from the border patrol in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

Winter storm Fern, the ice-and-snow system that swept the US over the weekend, is now expected to generate insured losses well into the billions of dollars, industry analysts suggest, after the event ...

COMING UP HERE, GUYS, IN JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A FEW. THANK YOU. RYAN. AND GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO DECLARED A DISASTER EMERGENCY AHEAD OF THIS STORM. HE SAID THE ...

ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, THANK YOU. AND EVEN BEFORE THE STORM HITS, ALREADY THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS REALLY NATIONWIDE HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR DELAYED, STRANDING TRAVELERS. THAT’S RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO BRING IN ...