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Across the West, hundreds of communities are vulnerable to wildfires. But wildfire and recovery experts warn that the impulse to re-create what was there before disaster is misguided and dangerous.

The Lion Air Boeing 737-800 crashed into the sea shortly after leaving Jakarta's international airport. Indonesian television showed video of an oil slick and debris field.

On the last Saturday of the month, citizens must spend three hours beautifying the nation. Some people question the authoritarian approach. But the results are impressive.

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department Friday granted the city of San Diego $8 million to fund youth homelessness initiatives.

The nerve agent that recently killed a woman and left a man hospitalized was discovered in a "small bottle." It is unclear where it came from and how it got into the man's house in Amesbury, England.

Muscle cells may retain nuclei that helped them grow strong, even after muscles shrink from lack of use. This provocative contentious idea could have implications for public health and sports.

A heat wave that has made an already torrid summer downright oppressive in the San Diego area sent temperatures skyrocketing across the region for a second straight day Wednesday.

There's still some uncertainty but Ben Raines says based on research, local lore and physical evidence, this might be the ship that illegally carried more than 100 Africans into slavery.

The event could give the U.S. its first champion since Bobby Fischer took the crown in 1972. Italian-American Fabiano Caruana will play world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Kentucky's worker safety agency suffers from major shortcomings. That's according to a recent audit by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.