Matt Damon stayed calm and joked around while he helped with a chaotic food distribution Saturday in western Haiti, where hundreds of people remain homeless and hungry. ...more

September 14, 2008

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate damage before pivoting quickly up the Eastern Seaboard. ...more

September 7, 2008

For 30 days in January, Wade Stephens III and his 20-year-old daughter, Annie, traveled in North Africa and the Horn of Africa. They shared writing, audio and photography duties as they absorbed the culture conflicts in Egypt, Tunisia, the Sinai, Ethiopia and unfolding events in Gaza, Kenya and Somalia. Annie Stephens also did an independent study project for her college's international studies curriculum. ...more

May 23, 2008

A series of avalanches in the mountains outside Los Angeles killed three people, authorities said Saturday, while Southern California braced for more of the powerful storms that have pounded the area with heavy snow and rain. ...more

January 27, 2008

Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million people and forcing evacuations in mudslide-prone areas. ...more

January 5, 2008

The disturbance swirling near the Caribbean Sea grew into Subtropical Storm Olga on Monday night, becoming only the 10th December storm since 1851. ...more

December 11, 2007