LIMA, Peru — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, local authorities said Sunday. More than 20 people were injured and 300 have been displaced so far ...

At what was once his baseball field, 12-year-old Yeferson Seijas now lives with his family in a makeshift tent after twin ...

Imagine. You are being put in charge of planning for a future major volcanic eruption. All you have is an incomplete list of volcanoes in the world, some experience of past eruptions, and a few ...

There were many casualties in the earthquakes that rocked parts of Venezuela last month. Thousands of lives were lost, homes destroyed, livelihoods devastated. In the hardest hit state of La ...

The dual earthquakes revealed how geology, corruption, and a longstanding humanitarian emergency amplified destruction across ...

James Story, America’s last chargé d’affaires in Venezuela before the embassy closed in 2019, left after the foreign minister ...

The devastation of Jacqueline Zúñiga’s city in Venezuela follows the demise of her political project. The revolution is over, ...

New photos shared by the Department of Buildings Wednesday offer the clearest look yet at the buckling 21st-floor beams of the under-construction Manhattan high-rise that triggered a huge emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials in New York City said Tuesday night they are confident emergency work that is now underway is helping to stabilize the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engineer Elias Chayeb (L) and his son, engineer Elias Eduardo Chayeb, were relieved upon seeing a small residential building they ...

A Midtown high-rise whose support columns were discovered buckling Tuesday was “shifting’’ and in danger of partially collapsing — a situation so precarious that crews couldn’t even go in to stabilize ...

Editor's note: For the latest on the high-rise building at risk of collapse in New York City, read USA TODAY's latest updates for Wednesday, July 8. NEW YORK — Crews were working to a stabilize a high ...