Some 14,800 wildfires have burned 1,105 square miles so far this year — well above the 10-year average.

Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying the calendar.

Authorities in eastern Indiana lifted a dayslong evacuation order Sunday for an area near a plastics fire after they said it was determined air quality and other environmental concerns were safe.

A fire chief says crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should be lifted.

Authorities say an evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people is expected to remain in place through Wednesday around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked through the night to douse piles of burning plastics.

A person familiar with the deal says the Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to a two-year extension with Pro Bowl slot receiver Hunter Renfrow worth $32 million.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office suspects foul play after a man was found shot and killed Sunday morning in the parking lot of a San Jose apartment complex.

Kings of Leon’s rock and roll journey has taken them from an NFT to the NFL.