Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican incumbent in the Senate who faced re-election this past month, recently won over challenger Mike Espy, a Democrat, in a special runoff election on Tuesday, November 27, due to neither candidate winning...

On September 28, Palu, a city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, suffered a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, followed by three waves of tsunamis. Though a tsunami alert was issued after the quake, many residents may not have received...

Hurricane Florence recently devastated many parts of the eastern United States coastline. Much of the storm was characterized by torrential downpours. The amount of rain had a 0.1% chance of occurring in any given year, allowing...