central United States

Record drought conditions contribute to unprecedented levels of West Nile virus

Health & Medicine

Dallas took an unprecedented step Thursday of launching an aerial spraying campaign to try and stop the spread of potentially deadly West Nile virus. Across the country, West Nile is extremely common this year, but especially in the south.

Two-year-old Michigan oil spill still not completely cleaned up, yields large fine

Environment

As Birmingham and other cities clean up, weather service rolling out radar upgrades

Global Politics