How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest. The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a ...

If home repairs crop up, FPL subsidiary offers a back-up. But, just like insurance policies, not everyone is happy. That’s one of the reasons Alex Soleta, 44, has been buying Florida Power & Light ...

Eighty-five percent of Costco's unionized employees voted to authorize a strike. The strike would affect 50 stores across the U.S. in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington. As the Costco ...

that had been affected by a lightning strike. "On arrival crews carried out a thorough investigation inside and out of the properties and thankfully there was no sign of fire." In Portsmouth ...

“This creates a charge imbalance within the updraft of the cloud and in order for balance to be achieved — you get a lightning strike.” While lightning was seen in some parts of the ...

In its analysis, Vaisala defined "lightning events" as individual pulses within in-cloud flashes as well as individual strokes within cloud-to ground flashes. If Texas doesn't strike you as a very ...

The damage toll from bushfires across western Victoria is continuing to be counted with numerous buildings and tens of thousands of hectares burnt. Fire authorities say it could take weeks to ...

Video shot by an eyewitness shows the moment lightning strikes a plane's tail while parked at a gate in Sao Paulo’s International Guarulhos Airport on Friday. Witness Bernhard Warr said the ...

This is the terrifying moment lightning strikes a British Airways plane while it was parked in Brazil. The Airbus A350 was preparing for departure from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport to ...

Fire authorities in western Victoria are closely monitoring a series of blazes out of control in Victoria's Little Desert in the state's west Wimmera region.

Footage shows Spinnaker Tower being struck by lightning during a ferocious flash thunderstorm which hit the Portsmouth area earlier this afternoon. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...