Rhea Cruz Magpantay is a Filipino nurse, whose journey to Southern California led to the frontlines of catastrophe. That ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

"The scary things that sideswipe you when you least expect it: The calls with the worst news in the middle of the night; the ...