It appears that several Texas towns may be following the footsteps of Denton, the gas and oil city that voted to ban fracking in November. Reno, Texas, has taken the first steps to put such a ban in place. Last year the
Napa Valley experienced a slight Turkey Day scare on Thursday at 12:36 p.m., when a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck the region. The quake hit approximately five miles northeast of Sonoma at a depth of five miles, according to local CBS
BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake that hit a sparsely populated, mountainous area of western China killed at least five people and injured 54 others, officials said Sunday. The injured included schoolchildren in a stampede. The U.S. Geological Survey said
The California Army National Guard is among six other National Guard units, totaling approximately 1,200 soldiers, that have been ordered to prepare for deployment to Ebola-stricken West Africa in order to help thwart the spread of the deadly hemorrhagic virus.
Hours after pulling off Romania’s biggest political earthquake since the revolution which overthrew Nicolae Ceausescu, the country’s soft-spoken new president followed through Monday on his vow to tackle corruption. Klaus Iohannis, the ethnic German mayor of the medieval Transylvanian city
A high-ranking Conservative has admitted that Rochester and Strood will fall to the UK Independence Party this Thursday, and that the Conservative party’s best hopes are now to keep the “defeat to single digits”. Meanwhile, six more Conservatives are rumoured
The working class doesn’t stand a chance against Gwyneth Paltrow’s newly released 2014 Goop gift guide. Goop, founded by Paltrow in 2008, is best described as an eminent lifestyle publication full of resourceful information for those looking for cultural notes,
Britain’s foreign secretary has dismissed as ‘bizarre’ the Lib Dem plan to enshrine the foreign aid budget in law by passing a bill fixing the amount of money the country gives away abroad at almost one percent of the gross
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, Lorenzo Cain drove in an early run off Tim Hudson and made a pair of nifty catches, and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants
On Thursday morning at 10:16 a.m., over ten million Californians dropped, sought cover, and held on to something to prepare for the next major earthquake that will hit some Golden State community probably sooner than later. The simulated earthquake drill,
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi opened the October 7 press conference saying the conference organizers asked him to issue a declaration regarding the press reports about the new Vatican discussion document–which they said would liberalize the church’s standards–had “misrepresented” it. Lombardi
HEYWOOD, United Kingdom – Labour’s Liz McInnes held the seat of Heywood and Middleton in tonight’s by-election, after what is likely to be remembered as yet another remarkable UKIP surge. Nigel Farage’s party went from a poor fifth place in the
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Claude Duvalier, who presided over what was widely acknowledged as a corrupt and brutal regime as the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti until a popular uprising sent him into a 25-year exile, has died. He
(Reuters) – At least eight people were killed by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake that hit rural southern Peru over the weekend, emergency authorities said on Sunday as the search for victims continued. The quake late Saturday night in Paruro province, in the
A “swarm” of more than 600 earthquakes in just 24 hours struck the Mammoth Lake region of California, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between Thursday and Friday morning. According to the Los Angeles Times, at least 109 earthquakes were
Last weekend at their state convention, the California GOP rolled out the red carpet for Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, the GOP nominee for State Controller. The opening night’s main event was a dinner banquet profiling the “Women of the GOP”
Isabella Tanikumi, author of Yearnings of the Heart, filed a $250 million lawsuit against Disney for allegedly stealing her life story and adapting it into the highest grossing animation flick of all time, Frozen. Tanikumi published an autobiography in 2010,in which
Tuesday in announcing his war on Ebola, President Barack Obama said he is sending U.S. military to West Africa to help fight the epidemic because when there are global crisis “our armed services are better” at solving them “than any
For the first time in the history of California groundwater will be restricted for numerous landowners, if Jerry Brown signs a package of passed bills by the state legislature. Up until now, groundwater remains a private natural resource in the
President Barack Obama has accepted Governor Jerry Brown’s request to declare a major disaster for Napa and Solano Counties following the crippling 6.0 magnitude earthquake that shook the region on Aug. 24, making emergency federal funds available to victims of
Two weeks after Napa Valley recorded the worst earthquake it has experienced in recent history, the 6.0 quake has claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman who died as a result of a brain injury she incurred when she was
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, built an earthquake early warning system with just $100 and some scattered computer parts. Astronomy professor Joshua Bloom used a $35 “Raspberry pie” mini-computer, a speaker, a Wi-Fi adapter, and an SD
Thousands of people displaced by a Muslim rebel assault on a major Philippine city are enduring squalid conditions in an evacuation camp where dozens have died, while the guerilla leader remains free one year on. The attack by Moro National
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – An earthquake struck the region around Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano on Sunday while fissures in the area continued to spew out lava but still none of the ash that could hamper airline traffic. The earthquake occurred at 0708
ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — One by one, rescue workers pulled 29 miners out of a trouble-plagued coal mine Friday after it had collapsed a day earlier in central Bosnia. Five men remained buried deep underground as officials halted rescue efforts.
