Long Beach ordered some Peninsula residents to evacuate and Newport Beach closed its beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel neared Southern California. A National Weather Service coastal flood warning covers Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego county beaches through Sunday.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department's International Urban Search and Rescue Team has left for Panama to provide assistance in that country following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake....
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad....
Earlier this Saturday morning, a sheriff in Florida's panhandle confirmed that a woman died when a tree crashed into her home. On Saturday afternoon, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey confirmed two Alabamians lost their lives....
A local emergency has been declared in Newport Beach and all beaches and piers closed as Tropical Storm Rachel brings severe coastal flooding and dangerous surf to Orange County....