An avalanche of rocks tumbled down a hillside onto a hiking trail near the Dead Sea in Israel on Thursday, trapping many people, killing a 5-year-old boy and injuring at least six others ...

I was riding shotgun in Mike Kennedy’s Jeep Grand Cherokee, caravanning east on the 78 toward the Salton Sea with a convoy of fellow rockhounds. I had just met Mike back in the parking lot of ...

Tragedy at sea on the coast near Rome. A 62-year-old woman drowned after being thrown against the rocks by the strong current. Her friend, who managed to cling to the rocks, was rescued.