Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals, who is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 45 years in law enforcement, first became involved in that career field as a teen. When he was a senior at Clear ...

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Three foreigners have died in a hotel fire in a popular tourist area of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, according to local authorities. The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Ember Hotel on ...

Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years. By Heather Knight and Conor Dougherty Heather Knight visited several residents in Santa Rosa, Calif., who lost ...

For those who plan to rebuild their razed homes, a natural follow-up has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled more ...

On Friday, I interviewed him about the fires and how to rebuild the communities they’ve destroyed in a way that makes them more resilient. What follows is an edited version of our conversation.

Across the American economic dashboard, warning indicators are flashing red. The globalization and financialization of the past several decades have slowed investment, innovation, and growth.

China last month mounted its largest show of force around Taiwan in almost 30 years, with more than 90 naval or paramilitary vessels and dozens of aircraft operating in the air and waters around ...

Palestinian operator group Hamas said Monday that Gaza and its people "will rise again" and rebuild the territory battered by more than 15 months of Israeli bombardment. "Gaza, with its great ...

MASON CITY, Iowa – Investigators say someone out there is impersonating an employee of the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office. Several county residents have told deputies they received a call from ...

Turkey offered to help rebuild the Syrian military shattered by the fall of the long-ruling Assad regime and Israeli airstrikes, potentially filling a void left by Russia's diminishing forces.

Doing so would require: With fire risks growing in many places, it simply is unsafe to rebuild communities back where they were, and retreating may be the wisest approach. But few communities in ...