Volunteers and government officials are scrambling to protect wild horses in the American West, where the animals are facing harsh drought conditions that have already led to dozens of deaths. In a stretch of land that includes parts of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico, land managers are rushing to help the horses survive […]

If the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to make the playoffs for the first time since 2003-04, they’re going to have to do it without arguably their best player. Jimmy Butler avoided serious injury recently, but it was determined that he still suffered a meniscus injury in his right knee. He…

Some residents of the South African city have already been forced to join queues for emergency water rations as the mayor fends off allegations that she has not handled the crisis competently.

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel heads into its fifth consecutive year of drought, the Sea of Galilee stands at a century low, much of the Jordan River is a fetid trickle and the Dead Sea is rapidly shrinking.

Crain’s Detroit Business New chef at Standby | Benefit set for UFO Factory | Drought expands to Ann ArborCrain’s Detroit BusinessEl Club in southwest Detroit is hosting a benefit Monday for the out-of-work staff of UFO Factory in Corktown, which closed Wednesday after it was severely damaged by construction crews working on the nearby Elton […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought that stretches across much of the U.S. Northern Plains could cause farmers to lose 64 million bushels of wheat production this year, according to federal officials.

Bone-dry conditions are wiping out crops which could hit shoppers with higher food prices. Farmers have said that spring crops of barley, wheat and sugar beet are all suffering damage.

It took nearly three decades of tours through Wisconsin, but Green Day finally took the stage in Green Bay, Wis. on Thursday night. Their stop at the Resch Center, in support of their latest album Revolution Radio, was near capacity with punk outfit Against Me! opening the show. Billie Joe Armstrong…

<img src="http://i.axs.com/2017/03/29265-optimized_58da83d441dbc.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=" Connor McDavid  ” align=”left” border=”0″ /> The Edmonton Oilers can end a streak of 11 consecutive seasons of missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night at Rogers Place. The Oilers currently have 91 points and are not just thinking playoffs. They are hoping […]

Zimbabwe has appealed for international help for victims of floods that have left 246 people dead and displaced hundreds since December when torrential rains started pounding a country emerging from severe drought. An El Nino-induced drought last year scorched crops in the southern African country, leaving more than 4 million in need of food aid, […]