Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, residents and city leaders reflect on the impact of demolishing New Orleans’ major public housing projects in favor of mixed-income redevelopment.

Arian Campo-Flores is an economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Miami. He mainly covers Florida and the Southeast but also does stories in other parts of the U.S. He regularly writes ...

Atlantic hurricane names repeat every six years unless one is so deadly or destructive that its name is retired from use for ...

The bells at St. Peter's Basilica toll to mark the death of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88.

MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from the capsized bulk carrier carrying 25 crew members off Rizal town in Occidental Mindoro has risen to six after two more bodies were recovered on Good ...

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered another body from the overturned vessel here on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed casualties to seven. Four ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board. The wooden ...

"Helene is responsible for at least 249 fatalities in the United States (including at least 175 direct deaths), making it the deadliest hurricane in the contiguous U.S. since Katrina in 2005," the ...

The death toll in gunmen’s latest attacks on some communities in Logo and Ukum local government areas of Benue State has risen to 55. Some communities, such as Ugondo in Logo and Tyuluv ...

LAGOS, April 19 (Reuters) - The death toll in attacks by suspected cattle herders on communities in central Nigeria's Benue State has risen to 56, Governor Hyacinth Alia said on Saturday ...