Authorities say a series of brush fires that tore through the East End of Long Island over the weekend can now be traced back ...

Gratitude for our first responders courage and dedication is not enough. Government must act swiftly to strengthen prevention policies and remove dangerous wildfire fuel.

The White House has not said how many of the nation's 2.3 million civil-service workers it wants to fire and has given no numbers on the mass layoffs. Roughly 75,000 took a buyout offer last week.