Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! We’re on day 29 of the government shutdown, with no end in sight. The prolonged funding lapse may not throw as big of a wrench into plans to pass ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. The rumble of ...

Jamaica’s government says that the number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 45, with 15 other people ...

The storm is expected to generate a storm surge of up to 12 feet and drop up to 20 inches of rain in some places.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of devastating flash flooding and numerous landslides from the hurricane with 185 mph winds.

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won't be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov.

One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remnants of Typhoon Halong ...

On Thursday, 264 people were evacuated by the Alaska National Guard. In the aftermath of a destructive typhoon, historic floodwaters have destroyed remote communities across western Alaska, forcing ...

After the remnants of a typhoon devastated villages in western Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked President Trump for federal help in the recovery process. By Anna Griffin Alaska’s governor on Thursday ...