The tightly controlled disembarkation began on Monday, hours after the cruise ship Grand Princess arrived at a specially secured terminal.
California police were working to identify what motivated a 16-year-old to open fire on his fellow high school students a day earlier.
State fire investigators have determined that Pacific Gas & Electric Co transmission lines caused the deadliest wildfire on record in California.
A white high school student seen with classmates appearing to confront a Native American Vietnam veteran said a video of the incident that went viral gives the false ...
NASA's robotic lander designed to study the interior of a distant world hurtled to Mars on course for a touchdown after a voyage through space.
The lava eruption at the foot of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii has slowed to a virtual halt for the first time in over three months, geologists said.
California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana.
At least two adults were killed and two other people, possibly students, were injured in what police say may have been a murder-suicide at the school.
A fake US presidential candidate named Deez Nuts, reported to be the creation of an Iowa teen, has stirred a social media frenzy.
A rare northern white rhinoceros, one of just five left on Earth, is undergoing treatment at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Weighing nearly 0. 9kg each, including their shells, and measuring about 15cm in length, the 67 snails arrived from Lagos in two plastic baskets.
Nothing like it has ever been moved through Los Angeles’ streets.
The Mars rover Curiosity zapped its first Martian rock with a high-powered laser gun designed to analyse its mineral composition.
Titanic film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth.
A primordial collision of two moons that once orbited Earth explains why the present-day moon is a bit lopsided, say scientists.
Studies of accounts of “senior moments” - fleeting bouts of forgetfulness - have established a strong link between juggling tasks and glitches in short-term memory. ...