On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff. Pilot Michael Smith's final words ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Family members and friends pay their respects to Dale "Bird" Black at Huntington City Cemetery on April 21, 2007. Dale, 48, died ...

In April of 1986, what was intended to be a routine safety test at a nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union turned into one ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

As news of local disasters spreads, such as the recent explosion and fire in Bell Gardens that damaged an apartment building, many of us are reminded of the importance of community and resilience.

Elizabeth Griffith, the pregnant widow of Scotia miner Robert Griffith, clutches the flag from his coffin. Robert Griffith was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was laid to rest in Whitesburg after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four months have passed since a Louisiana oil facility burst apart, spewing a dense black sludge that drifted across homes, farms, ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

The Chernobyl disaster is probably the most memorable nuclear disaster in history due to the explosion and all the deaths caused by severe radiation poisoning. Research that shows the dogs of ...

Would you dare to hit the open seas and experience some of the worst ship disasters of all time? From explosions to icebergs and massive storms to the infamous “poop cruise,” we’ll take you around the ...