Mother Nature can be brutal and unforgiving - as shown by the largest earthquakes on record. Here’s how they compare in their ...

The submerged coconut grove at Halapē in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park marks the former coastline that was inundated during the ground movement associated with the Nov. 29, 1975, magnitude-7.7 ...

Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast of the country on Sunday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, close to the country. Japan sits on the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden had people yelling at him at halftime Thursday night to get 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux in the game. Golden relented with 2:09 to play — and made ...

Florida center Olivier Rioux set an NCAA record by simply entering the game on Thursday night. The redshirt freshman became the tallest Division I player ever to appear in a game when he checked in ...

Cowabunga! The Democratic Blue Wave crashed onto the Jersey Shore, Virginia Beach, Rockaway Beach, Malibu and even the shores of Georgia and Miami. In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger did not just beat ...

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

NEW HOPE, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon near New Hope, Jamaica, as the strongest hurricane to ever hit the island nation — and one of the strongest storms in Atlantic ...

A Nebraska man caught a record-breaking 105-pound blue catfish in the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa. The 60-inch fish is the largest blue catfish ever caught in Iowa, breaking a record from ...

In the early morning of August 10, 2025, a remote fjord in southeastern Alaska witnessed one of the most extreme geological events of the decade. A massive chunk of mountain collapsed into the Tracy ...