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Wildfires are causing billions in damage every year and yet many homebuyers have little idea whether their house is at risk.

Is your house at risk of a wildfire? This online tool could tell you

Many people move without realizing the danger that wildfires pose to their new home. A new risk rating system could help buyers learn more on real estate sites.

Sen. Ted Cruz challenged a federal law that bars federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay a candidate's loans to his own campaign. He triumphed at the Supreme Court Monday.

Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case

At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.

Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Monday. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in <em>The Washington Post</em> in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."

The jury saw pictures of Amber Heard's swollen face after a fight with Johnny Depp

Jurors in Johnny Depp's libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.

It is still partially a mystery how Nala, a lost dog, was able to get into the house of Julie and Jimmy Johnson and climb her way into their bed overnight.

This dog broke into a Tennessee couple's house and snuggled her way into their bed

Julie and Jimmy Johnson woke up to quite the surprise after a night of thunderstorms earlier this month. While they have three dogs of their own, the dog sandwiched between them was a total stranger.

As It Was: Endangered Peregrine Falcon Makes Remarkable Recovery

Endangered Peregrine Falcon Makes Remarkable Recovery

A Ukrainian soldier examines a fragment of a Russian Air Force Su-25 jet after a battle at the village of Kolonshchyna, Ukraine, on April 21. Russia was expected to establish air superiority in the first days of the war. But Ukraine's air defenses have been so effective that Russian pilots often fire their weapons while over Russia and never enter Ukrainian airspace.

Ukraine says it's downed 200 aircraft, a mark of Russian failures in the sky

Russia was expected to dominate the skies over Ukraine. But Ukrainians are still shooting down helicopters and planes, making Russian pilots very wary about venturing into Ukrainian airspace.

In this photo provided by the New Mexico National Guard, a New Mexico National Guard Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk flies as part of firefighting efforts, dropping thousands of gallons of water with Bambi buckets from the air on the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire in northern New Mexico on Sunday, May, 1.

The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.

People in Buenos Aires celebrate after reports that Argentina's troops landed on the Falkland Islands (las Malvinas) in April 1982.

40 years ago, the Falkland-Malvinas War transformed Latin rock

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.

Police and FBI agents continue their investigation of the shooting at Tops market on Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y. A gunman opened fire at the store killing ten people and wounding another three on Saturday.

The Buffalo suspect bought a rifle months after cops ordered a psychiatric evaluation

In June 2021, New York police sent the suspect to a hospital for an evaluation after he made a threat at his school. Then, he fell off of law enforcement's radar and bought a rifle earlier this year.

On Sunday, a woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial to the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at Tops market in Buffalo, N.Y.

Some are calling the Buffalo suspect a 'teenager.' Is that a privilege of his race?

The white supremacist suspect in Buffalo is 18 years old. Some news organizations and commentators have called him a "teenager" and "child" rather than a "man."

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