Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

Leon Hale was born May 30, 1921, in Stephenville. Following 32 years writing a daily column for the Houston Post, he moved to the Chronicle in 1985 where he wrote a column of personal commentary for ...

A new study is accusing California of exploiting a Medicaid funding loophole to funnel billions into healthcare for illegal immigrants.

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A 32-year-old man was “found in a severely emaciated condition” and detectives determined he had endured “prolonged abuse" ...

On March 25, 1948, just five days after the initial storm, Miller and Fawbush were back in the weather station on base, ...

13."On the train, right after I said for passengers to keep their hands inside (before going into the tunnel), a frat boy who ...

Across planet Earth, the animal world is full of species perfectly adapted for life in their specific niche. From polar bears ...

From thrill rides to funnel cakes, it’s that time of year again already. The Miami-Dade Youth Fair opened its doors Thursday afternoon, and Deco’s Alex<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

A severely emaciated man, who was “akin to a survivor of Auschwitz’s death camp” when he was rescued from a Connecticut house ...

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...