Lincoln, a clean-shaven 22-year-old with the barest of formal schooling, had set out in 1831 to haul freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans when he snagged his flatboat on the Sangamon ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit near the southern Italian city of Naples early on Thursday, damaging buildings and causing locals to flee into the streets. The earthquake occurred at 1:25 a.m ...

The sun is the next renewable energy source set to power southern Illinois. So much so ... The land totals around 1,800 acres near St. Libory and Fayetteville, with 950 acres directly involved ...

The largest active volcano in Washington state has been rocked by a series of earthquakes, putting experts on high alert. Mount Adams is a 12,000-foot-tall stratovolcano located in south-central ...

The federal government will shut down if a funding bill is not passed by the end of Friday. Illinois has over 40,000 federal civilian employees who could be working with pay, working without pay ...

As Japan marks the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas of the country’s northeast in 2011, experts have warned that the seismic conditions in an underwater ...

From September to October of last year, there were nine earthquakes ranging from a 0.9 to a 2.0 magnitude, which are very small and barely noticeable. “The normal for Mount Adams is very low ...

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook Malibu, the San Fernando Valley and other parts of Southern California on Sunday afternoon. The quake struck at 1:03 p.m., 6.9 miles southwest of Westlake Village ...

The earthquake had a depth of about 7.7 miles and over 130 people said they felt the quake on the USGS Felt Report. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.

A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck LA County on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled ...