Nollaig O'Connor

As historic wildfires in Nebraska continued to roar amid a Western heat wave, Gov.

Thick black smoke billowed into the sky, making day seem more like night.

The Memphis Zoo has closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward onlookers

Smoke filled the sky as the swanky beach town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, erupted into chaos Sunday after the government killed a drug kingpin.

At least two people have died in a weekend snowstorm that unleashed record-setting snowfall on North Carolina and freezing temperatures on Florida

More than 219 million people were under winter weather alerts Saturday as more than 1 foot of snow fell in parts of the mountainous Southeast and as Floridians braced for bitter cold

A week after a historic winter storm paralyzed communities across the Southeast, Mississippi officials are still racing to keep residents safe, warm and fed.

Eyewitness video showing a federal agent shooting and killing Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s description of events, presenting two starkly different narratives

The man fatally shot Saturday by federal officers in Minneapolis has been identified as 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, family members confirmed to The Associated Press.

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday, was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse whose family remembered him as a “kind-hearted soul” who cared deeply for the patients he served at a Veterans Affairs facility.“Alex wanted to make a difference in this world,” his parents said in a statement released through the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party “Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.”Pretti was shot just before 9 a.m. after a heated confrontation between agents and protesters who opposed the government’s immigration enforcement tactics, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference

Federal agents shot a person in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday.