Warmer-than-usual temperatures, high winds and a persistent drought in October contributed to the risk that fires would flare ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "in a rush". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Harald Loeffler: "Manhattan, New York ...

Herman Rush, a prominent television pioneer and former president of Columbia Pictures Television, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Dec. 12. He was 94. Rush got his start in the television ...