A tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea weakened Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical wave, the National Hurricane Center said.
About one-third of Australia's annual banana output was wiped out when Cyclone Winifred swept through northern Queensland over the weekend, a government spokesman said Thursday.
Strong winds and rain sank a police launch in Wellington Harbor on Wednesday, drowning two police officers, grounding planes at the international airport and causing major traffic jams, officials said.
As the Oakland teachers strike ended its third week today, about 500 angry teachers stormed district headquarters to protest what one union leader called district "stalling" in contract negotiations.
President Reagan declared portions of New Hampshire a major disaster area Thursday, clearing the way for federal aid to repair damage caused by severe storms and floods that hit the state March 30.
Wind up to 74 m.p.h. whipped blinding snow across northern Utah today, closing schools and causing power outages, while Interstate 80 in Wyoming was shut for a second day by blowing snow.
A sudden 60-m.p.h. dust storm followed by torrential rain collapsed mud houses, blew off roofs and
A freak summer storm hit Moscow on Friday with two inches of rain--half the total expected in June
Tropical storm Roslyn swept ashore in a sparsely populated area early Wednesday, narrowly missing
At least 116 people were killed in flooding and landslides resulting from heavy rains that hit Sumatra and Java islands in the last two weeks, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported Thursday.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday endorsed a $24-million project to transform increasingly congested Beach Boulevard into a 19-mile thoroughfare with free-flowing traffic.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on Saturday were investigating the Friday night shooting of a motorist on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, apparently by someone in a passing car.
A proposal to build apartments on the railroad right of way down the center of Culver Boulevard has been rejected by a Los Angeles City Council planning committee that overruled approval by the Planning Commission.
John Hancock Life Insurance Co., has purchased a five-story, 46,500-square-foot office building at 9033 Wilshire Blvd.
Out of the hundreds of thriving businesses along Hollywood Boulevard, I found it quite disconcerting that the photo chosen to accompany the article "A Star-Crossed Walkway--Fading Avenue Still Lures Fans, Celebrities " (Times, Jan. 27) was that of one of two porno shops still left on the Walk of Fame.
All of us should be concerned with the well-being and the future of the Philippines, especially American servicemen like myself who fought alongside the Filipino soldier who stood up for America and sacrificed his life in defense of the U.S. flag, of freedom, and of democracy.
American officials are increasingly concerned about the growing strength of the Communist insurgency in the Philippines, which they link directly to the erosion of democratic institutions that has occurred under the 20-year-long rule of President Ferdinand E.
A tropical depression formed Saturday off the North Carolina coast, with winds reaching 30 m.p.h., but forecasters said there was little chance it would develop into a hurricane.
In the list of Pix of '86, you may not notice some movies that we described last year at this same time, same place.
One person died and another is missing as a result of five days of heavy rain in eastern Cuba, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Wednesday.