The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

A rock climber who drove for help after surviving a long fall that killed his three companions told a 911 dispatcher he could ...

Three climbers are dead and a fourth is seriously injured after falling hundreds of feet on a steep icy and rocky slope on ...

Just one day before Kyle Cooper was set to be tried on a first-degree murder charge in a Rock Falls stabbing case, attorneys ...

The man, suffering from internal bleeding and head trauma, not only survived the 400-foot fall but was able to trek to his ...

Four men who were climbing in Washington’s North Cascades mountains fell roughly 400 feet, a drop that killed three of them.

Three rock climbers died and one was rescued after the anchor at the top of a gully failed, causing them to fall in the North ...

The next time the Clemson Tigers run down the iconic hill, it will be in the twilight of a late summer day, the stadium ...

An ill detective and an abundance of pretrial motions – covering everything from whether to let a jury hear a 911 call to the ...

For over a century, the mysterious ‘sailing stones’ of Death Valley baffled scientists and visitors alike – until a blend of ice, wind and serendipity finally revealed their secret ...

Over the Sierra crest — about 150 miles to the east of Manteca, Oakdale, and Turlock — is one of the world’s largest active ...

Heavier and more persistent rainfall is expected with climate change because the atmosphere holds more moisture as it warms.