The Great Smog of London began on December 5, 1952, claiming between 4,000 and 10,000 lives over the span of five days. The ...

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In 1944, a few hundred U.S.-born Japanese Americans defied their draft orders, citing the constitutional rights of the ...

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A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California ...

The ghost, native to only Florida and Cuba, is a leafless web of roots splayed on the trunks of native trees. It’s also ...

These are sad times. For English cricket in particular, and I’m not referring to the shellacking at Perth courtesy Australian ...

A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that conditions inside a South Florida men’s prison were far more extreme than the sweltering summer temperatures outside — with the heat index ...

Sensors inside inside Dade Correctional Institution averaged 98 degrees heat index between May and October. Miami Herald staff file photo Miami A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that ...

Prisoners inside a sweltering South Florida prison were subjected to dangerously high temperatures this summer—peaking at a "real feel" of 119 degrees in one area—according to a recent expert report ...

A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that conditions inside a South Florida men’s prison were far more extreme than the sweltering summer temperatures outside — with the heat index ...