President Barack Obama, who’s already protected more public acres than any U.S. president, will add to his legacy of conservation by quadrupling the marine monument surrounding the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the White House announced.The designation, expected to take effect Friday, will

For nearly a month, 11-year-old Yaman Ezzedine has been suffering from horrible pain caused by meningitis that his doctors in Madaya, Syria, lack the equipment and medicine to treat. Madaya is under siege by the Syrian government, so Yaman’s family in Syria and the United States have pleaded for

Brazilian sources told ABC News on Thursday that American swimmers lied about being robbed by men dressed as police officers, claiming surveillance video showed an American swimmer fighting with a gas station security guard on the night of the alleged incident.  #BREAKING Brazil sources:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday, after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass to rapidly engulf 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) of terrain.Officials said about 700 firefighters were battling to control the blaze in an area

Marion Christopher Barry, the son of the dynamic former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, has died of a drug overdose, NBC Washington reports. He was 36. NBC4’s Tom Sherwood, who has covered the Barry family extensively, confirmed the younger Barry’s death after speaking with Cora Masters Barry,