Disasters

8 recovered after plane carrying 11 crashes in Philippine Sea, Navy says
The C-2 Greyhound was en route to the USS Ronald Reagan when it went down Wednesday afternoon Japan time. Eight people were recovered and are "in good condition at this time."
Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequent
Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new study says.
The boys descended 100 feet down a shaft to reach the cave on St. Paul's West Side but could not climb back out early Saturday.
Chief of Puerto Rico's power authority resigns under fire
A continuing controversy over a $300 million contract with a small Montana electrical firm to restore power in Puerto Rico was one of many "distractions," says the island's governor.
Authorities struggled on Friday to account for the whereabouts of all the residents of a Pennsylvania senior living community after a massive blaze tore through their complex during the middle of the night, injuring nearly 30 and leading to a chaotic evacuation.
Clues in that mysterious radioactive cloud point toward Russia
Western scientists say they may never know the source of the cloud of ruthenium-106 that hovered over Europe last month. But what little data there is suggests a research facility inside Russia.
The man got lost while hunting with others on Thursday. He had been lost for more than six hours but was uninjured.
Watch: The hurricane season, as shown by salt, smoke and dust
A NASA visualization uses computer models to show how recent hurricanes shifted salt from the Atlantic, dust from the Sahara and smoke from fires in Portugal and the Pacific Northwest.
Authorities say 78-year-old Emilie Genevieve Skjerven of Plummer was driving a Ford Taurus on a private driveway when she collided with a Canadian Pacific train.