Author: Joel Shannon, USA TODAY

The West Coast could at any moment face disasters that could kill thousands of people and forever change the lives of millions more, experts say.

At least 10 law enforcement officers were shot or killed — most around major cities — in about a week, a byproduct of a national violent crime crisis.

Mexico’s state-owned oil company said a fire caused by a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline is over, but video of the harrowing scene went viral.

Rep. Louie Gohmert appeared to stun a Forest Service official by suggesting the agency alter the orbit of Earth or the moon to fight climate change.

An increasingly mainstream group of professionals say acknowledging UFOs exist doesn’t mean believing conspiracy theories — or even in aliens.

Governor Gavin Newsom is promising checks of $600 or more to millions of taxpayers in California, “regardless of immigration status.”