LOS ANGELES (AP) — The third storm in just over a week drenched Southern California on Friday and prompted some local flooding but caused no major widespread damage before heading east into the mountains and south toward Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The series of storms put Southern California on track for near-record November rainfall, the...
The Trump administration has canceled a training that prepares meteorologists to forecast during disasters, The Hill has learned. The incident meteorologist training for the National Weather Service was canceled amid “short staffing” and a severe reduction in how much employees are allowed to spend on travel, according to an email viewed by The Hill. An...
President Trump pressured Washington-area officials to get to work on fixing the Potomac sewage spill, arguing the federal government would be able to assist in the process. “Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., who are responsible for the massive sewage spill in the Potomac River, must get to work, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social...
China's BYD overtook Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) seller in 2025, as Tesla faced declining sales for a second year in a row. BYD said Thursday that it sold about 2.26 million EVs in 2025, up nearly 28 percent from the year before. In a release Friday, Tesla said it delivered about 1.64 million EVs last year, down around 9 percent from 2024. Musk’s EV firm also saw a...
Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more intense, scientific research shows. Helene has unleashed high winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm surge in the Southeast after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night. As of Friday afternoon, the estimated death toll of the storm had climbed to more...
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for invoking a football analogy in response to a question about blame for the triple-digit death toll resulting from the catastrophic flooding in the state over the July Fourth weekend. “For the governor to treat this as if it were a football game, this is...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fire 280 staffers who worked on tackling pollution in overburdened and underserved communities and will reassign another 175. These staffers worked in an area known as environmental justice, which helps communities that face a disproportionate amount of pollution exposure, especially minority or low-income communities. The EPA has framed its...
Sweet potatoes fries are notoriously floppy, mushy, and soggy. But our recipe incorporates a secret technique that yields crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside results.
This Kansas City steak soup is teeming with browned morsels of steak, a glossy and tangy roux-thickened broth, and a simple medley of fresh vegetables. Its savory kick comes from a few somewhat surprising ingredients.
One-pan chicken dinners, curries, braises, and beans galore—that's what the Serious Eats staff is cooking at home this month. Oh, and don't worry—we didn't forget the dessert.
This Indian tomato soup gets its rich, creamy texture and flavor from coconut milk and ghee. Scoop it up with good crusty bread or pour it over rice for a filling meal.
