Two ransom notes purportedly sent by those who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie in Arizona earlier this year were released Friday by local authorities hoping to generat…

A massive wildfire that has devastated southwestern France was no longer advancing on Thursday, local authorities said, raising hopes the crisis was easing. In…

An ambush on a police checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed at least 11 police officers and injured dozens, according to…

A reported white phosphorus leak at a U.S. military base in South Korea prompted local authorities to briefly order civilians to evacuate on Tuesday. Officials…

The megafire in France's southwest Gironde department near Bordeaux, which has burned through 42,000 hectares of forest since July 22, remained "stable" Tuesda…

The actions of big business shape public health, so local authorities need to carefully consider how to govern their relationships with them.

A shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival resulted in two deaths and five injuries, including a child, igniting concerns over public safety at large events. T…

At least 11 people were killed, including five children, in an overnight drone attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine's ‌Zaporizhzhia regio…

Local authorities said that the matter is being investigated and that the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave.

Daytime Russian strike kills three in Zaporizhzhia A Russian guided aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killed at least three people and injured 13 o…

Thames Water's main lenders are offering the government a "golden share" and more control for local authorities in a bid to stop the troubled supplier from bei…