Snow drought helped set the stage for deadly California avalanche, leading to unstable conditions

A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday’s deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making it unstable and easily triggered,

UN experts say destruction by Sudan’s rebels in el-Fasher in October bears ‘hallmarks of genocide’

GENEVA (AP) — A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese rebels against non-Arab communities in and near a city in Sudan’s western region of Darfur shows “hallmarks of genocide,” U.N.-backed human rights experts reported Thursday, a

Skiers with roots in Lake Tahoe’s alpine community among 8 killed in California avalanche

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home. But as they left remote huts at thousands of feet of elevation and

Trump administration expands ICE authority to detain refugees

By Ted Hesson and Devika Madhusudhanan Nair WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has given immigration officers broader powers to detain legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are “re-vetted,” an apparent expansion