SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Karen began drenching the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday while bearing down on an earthquake-shaken Puerto Rico still scarred by a hurricane two years ago. U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said the storm had already caused mudslides in the territory and...
Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?
California was lucky. Again. The major earthquakes that rattled the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest earlier this month — a magnitude 6.4 temblor on July 4th followed a few days later by a whopping 7.1 quake felt throughout Southern California — were far from major population centers. Damage to people...
Nevada: Feds Should Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying the nation's most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a letter made...
Quakes Alert Californians to be Ready for Dreaded 'Big One'
RIDGECREST — Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes. California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting...
Aftershocks Follow Strongest Cal Earthquake in 20 Years
LOS ANGELES — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and the Central Valley, as well as parts of Nevada on the July 4th holiday. The earthquake rattled nerves and caused injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm...
Number of Injured in 6.3 Magnitude Iran Quake Rises to 716
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities said Monday that the number of injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night has risen to 716. No fatalities were reported from the temblor. According to Iran's state television, most of the injured were immediately released from hospitals and suffered...
Trump Doesn't Understand Haiti, Immigration or American History
Donald Trump’s denigrating comments about Haiti during a recent congressional meeting shocked people around the globe, but given his track record of disrespecting immigrants, they were not actually that surprising. Despite campaign promises that Trump would be Haiti’s “biggest champion,” his administration had already demonstrated its disregard for people from...
Trump Doesn't Understand Haiti, Immigration or American History
Donald Trump’s denigrating comments about Haiti during a recent congressional meeting shocked people around the globe, but given his track record of disrespecting immigrants, they were not actually that surprising. Despite campaign promises that Trump would be Haiti’s “biggest champion,” his administration had already demonstrated its disregard for people from...