Pumps run nonstop as Alton begins draining the Gordon Moore Park sinkhole

The woman was found walking along a roadway, and her family said they are in contact with her.

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras has temporarily halted drilling at a well in the environmentally sensitive Foz do Amazonas Basin after a leak of synthetic drilling fluid, the company said on Tuesday.

A Tampa bald eagle is on the mend after falling from a cell tower where she's nested for years. Why it matters: The female eagle was rescued by her Port Tampa City neighbors, demonstrating how humans can help critters in distress, said Raptor Center of...

Fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer funds in California likely exceeds $250 billion, a Republican gubernatorial candidate claims.