COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - The Palmetto State is now under a Red Flag Fire Alert until further notice. The South Carolina Forestry Commission issued the alert Thursday, explaining the alert means ...

Linda Sieg covered Japanese politics, economics and social issues at Reuters in Tokyo for over three decades, most recently as chief political correspondent. She is currently freelancing.

Health officials are sounding the alarm over a potential measles exposure at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. An infected passenger visited the airport's terminal A twice in the ...

Many locations around the country use red flags to alert the local public of fire danger - much like how beach flags are used to alert swimmers of rip currents. A Red Flag Warning is issued when ...

Heavy rain has swelled rivers and flooded streets in Florence, with authorities issuing a red weather alert for the historic Italian city and its surroundings, urging residents to stay indoors.

"A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly," the NWS said in the alert issued Friday. A combination of strong winds, relative ...

ARKANSAS, USA — A Red Flag Warning has been issued by the ... The conditions have prompted the THV11 team to issue a Weather Impact Alert from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21.

TODAY: Partly cloudy skies with a chance for an afternoon/evening shower. RED FLAG WARNING noon until 8:00pm. Windy conditions with a HIGH WIND WARNING in effect from 3:00am from 7:00pm.

The planned court ruling over whether the remains of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was killed in 2005, would be returned to his family, was on Friday postponed.

Note: This story has been updated to remove identifying details after the Amber Alert was cancelled on Thursday afternoon. “Officers are continuing to investigate the circumstances around today ...

After the Cold War, European countries systematically downsized their armies, with key players such as France suspending conscription and seeing a corresponding fall in the size of its armed ...

A widespread phishing campaign has targeted nearly 12,000 GitHub repositories with fake "Security Alert" issues, tricking developers into authorizing a malicious OAuth app that grants attackers ...