When an earthquake hit Guatemala on Feb. 4, 1976, Vicky Cacciapaglia awoke with a terrified start. Take a look back at News Leader history.

On February 5, 2001, public train drivers in the United Kingdom launched a one-day strike that virtually shut down the entire London Underground (LU) transportation system. Around 92 percent of the ...

Scientists in Mexico documented a number of changes inside El Chichón during monitoring between June and December 2025.

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — A high-impact medical mission from Team Broken Earth (TBE) has wrapped up a week of intensive ...

On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson to pay $33.5 ...

On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first president of the United States by all 69 presidential electors ...

THURSDAY: Sunny. High 2 C. Low -10 C. FRIDAY: Sunny. High 3 C. Low -11 C. SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 1 C. Low -9 C. Contract for the $105,949 beef cattle barn at Brandon’s Experimental ...

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The fight for the Concacaf Champions Cup kicks off with 11 matches in the first round.

The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that an earthquake happened near Elgin, South Carolina, on Tuesday afternoon.According to the USGS, a 2.3 magnitude earthquake happened about 4.2 ...

A second strong earthquake, a magnitude 4.2, struck the Coachella Valley early Wednesday, Jan. 21. This follows a stronger magnitude 4.9 quake that occurred on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. The series of ...

SAN RAMON — Just when it seemed over, the ground began shaking again: A string of more than 50 small earthquakes Monday ended what had been a recent break from weeks of temblors in the East Bay While ...