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Florida counties are continuing to update orders for their residents to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Helene.Counties that have issued emergency mandatory evacuations for all their residents include Franklin, Taylor and Wakulla counties in the Big Bend region. Those counties include more than 72,000 people.Other counties have issued area-specific mandatory evacuations, according to Florida’s Division of Emergency Management.

Heat deaths continue to rise. Heat-related deaths doubled from 1999 to 2023, with 21,518 deaths recorded during that period. There is a difference between stroke and exhaustion; learn the signs.

The American economy depends on truckers. Technology is promising to transform this industry with new driver-assistance features that are meant to make the job safer and less demanding.

One debate that never dies is who makes the best cars: the United States, Japan or Germany? U.S. automakers may be closing a perceived quality gap.

Florida has a lot of electric cars — the second-highest number in the nation — and for drivers on long trips or a stressful hurricane evacuation there is always one big question: Where is the next charging station?

After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will it be used right away? Not so fast.

Western countries will send what looks to be the largest tranche of military hardware so far to help Ukraine prepare for an expected offensive against Russian forces in the near future.

A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in the mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday. The incident took place near one of Southern California's largest Chinese New Year street festivals.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference, Wednesday, in Miami Beach, Fla. The conference was co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and the City of Miami Beach.

The House voted Friday to rush $2 billion more dollars into the government's cash-for-clunkers program. It emerged Thursday that the $1 billion set aside to encourage purchases of fuel-efficient vehicles may be in danger of running out only days after the program began.