Disasters

Lake St. fire damages apartment building, businesses
A fire late Sunday night damaged a multi-story building and took firefighters until Monday morning to knock down the blaze.
Rescuers seeking 1 man missing in Maryland flooding
One person was missing after flash flooding has not been seen since the height of the raging, brown waters have left a community heartbroken at seeing severe damage less than two years after another devastating flood.
Flash flooding hits Maryland community
Flash floods struck a Maryland city on Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years earlier, prompting emergency rescues as raging waters engulfed cars and rose above the first floor of some buildings, authorities said.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the woman was a passenger in a Ford Fusion that was traveling south on the freeway near Burnsville Parkway just after 7 a.m.
Two rescued after raft drifts far from shore on Lake Superior
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported that authorities were called to Park Point in Duluth just before 2:30 p.m., on a report that two people were out on the lake on a raft and appeared to be unable to get back to shore.
Missile that downed MH17 came from Russian military, investigators say
The Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing 298 people aboard. Russia has denied involvement.
Kilauea's wrath threatens power plant — and Hawaii's most powerful industry
The volcano's lava has crept near a geothermal energy plant, risking the release of dangerous fumes. Meanwhile, the fiery flow is already hurting a major tourist stop and the locals who rely on it.
Texas mom marched after Parkland, then her town was next
Christina Delgado had taken an unpopular stand in her home state of Texas, with some of the most permissible gun laws in America. Then Delgado woke up Friday morning to find that the very thing she had marched against had arrived on her own doorstep.
The toddler had very recently started walking and trying to get outside. "There was a couple people moving vehicles ... and little did they know that young Andrew was outside," a Maplewood police commander said.