World & Nation
Los Alamos residents evacuate as wildfire approaches
June 27, 2011
Science & Medicine
Wildfires may have bigger role in global warming, study says
July 10, 2013
Los Alamos National Laboratory managers see little threat from wildfire
June 29, 2011
New Mexico fire encroaches on sacred Native American grounds
July 2, 2011
During the dry summer of 2011, wind gusts sent a 75-foot aspen tumbling into a power line, sparking a fire on federal land that burned for five weeks over an area the size of Manhattan.
Sept. 27, 2015
Wildfires such as the Yarnell Hill blaze in Arizona may be warming Earth’s atmosphere far more than previously thought, according to a study by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
California
Death of 91-year-old spotlights line between care and killing
June 2, 2011
An Oceanside woman was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison for intentionally drowning her toddler son after learning she’d have to split custody of the boy with his father.
Sept. 17, 2016
A man whose 4-year-old grandson shot and killed himself New Year’s Day pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge under the state’s new gun safety law and was sentenced to three years of probation.
Dec. 17, 1992
As Arizona fire rages, scientists warn of more unpredictable blazes
July 3, 2013