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A german shepherd and a FEMA worker search for damage and victims in the wake of Hurricane Helen. They walk next to a pile of branches and debris.
Environment

Trump critics inside FEMA put on indefinite leave after blasting cuts in dissent letter

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated Press
August 27, 2025
The outside of a Family Dollar store
Retail

A Family Dollar store’s roof collapsed and killed a 68-year-old man two days after someone reported the building ‘slowly tilting’

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July 28, 2025
Air traffic controllers at work
Success

Chaos at Newark airport underlines America’s air traffic controller shortage—Here’s why they’re in short supply, and how to qualify

By
May 20, 2025
The EU's Preparedness and Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib sits at a table and speaks into a microphone
Environment

The European Union just issued a dire warning to its 450 million citizens: Stockpile supplies and prepare for disaster

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March 26, 2025
Single-engine plane crashes and burns near Pennsylvania retirement community, sending all 5 aboard to hospitals
Health

Single-engine plane crashes and burns near Pennsylvania retirement community, sending all 5 aboard to hospitals

By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
March 10, 2025
An aerial view of the Alaskan city of Nome
Environment

A small Alaska plane carrying 10 people has gone missing. It’s the third major U.S. aviation incident in the last 8 days

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February 7, 2025
LA inferno could inflict a $150 billion economic wound, with a grueling 10-year recovery ahead
Tech

LA inferno could inflict a $150 billion economic wound, with a grueling 10-year recovery ahead

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January 11, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg squints while talking
Tech

Mark Zuckerberg insists the 5,000-square-foot underground structure in his secret Hawaii compound is not a ‘doomsday bunker’

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December 27, 2024
An anonymous person opening the door to their nuclear bunker.
Tech

Sales of nuclear bunkers are soaring right now even though experts say they’re basically useless in the event of an atomic blast

By Martha Mendoza and The Associated Press
December 18, 2024
Footage shows smoke from a plane crash.
Lifestyle

Young boy among dead after business jet aborts takeoff, crashes through airport fencing, and strikes car

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November 6, 2024
Disaster recovery company Belfor cleaned up after 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina—and its billionaire CEO says it’s ‘ready’ for post-election civil war
Success

Disaster recovery company Belfor cleaned up after 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina—and its billionaire CEO says it’s ‘ready’ for post-election civil war

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November 2, 2024
flooded streets
Finance

Recent hurricanes are distorting the U.S. economy’s underlying trend

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October 21, 2024
Georgia islanders rush to rescue survivors as dock walkway collapse kills 7 after annual Gullah festival
Lifestyle

Georgia islanders rush to rescue survivors as dock walkway collapse kills 7 after annual Gullah festival

By Russ Bynum, Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
October 21, 2024
Massive Houston pipeline fire leaves hundreds of homes under evacuation orders for second day
Environment

Massive Houston pipeline fire leaves hundreds of homes under evacuation orders for second day

By Juan Lozano, Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
September 18, 2024
A firefighter stands in the middle of woods that are on fire
Environment

California wildfires have already burned three times as many acres compared to all of 2023—and it’s about to get so much worse

By Eugene Garcia, Thomas Peipert and The Associated Press
September 11, 2024

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