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Hundreds remain unaccounted for after torrential rains near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, caused a mountainside to collapse onto a residential community.

A Maryland dam has been helping to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by holding back sediment that can harm aquatic life. But now the dam's sediment pools have filled up earlier than projected.

Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Floridian, has been charged in a case in which suspicious packages were mailed to several prominent Democrats and others.

Drivers on what's being called the world's longest sea bridge will have the experience of seeming to plunge underwater in two spots, where artificial islands house openings for a four-mile tunnel.

Faculty, staff, and students who ate in the Acansa Dining Hall in the Carl R. Reng Student Union from October 13 th through October 24 th are encouraged...

The statue commemorating Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key figure in the Indian independence movement, stands roughly four times the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Hurricane Nate, initially expected to hit Southern states as a Category 2 storm, has been downgraded to a tropical depression. It made landfall near Biloxi, Miss., over the weekend.

Puerto Rico's dairy farmers account for about a third of the island's total agricultural production. Now they're struggling to recover their cows and get them milked.

The National Weather Service called the rain and flooding "unprecedented," and warned it could top 50 inches in some parts of the region.

In a shocking upset, South Korea scored in stoppage time and added another late goal to put the match out of reach for Germany.