On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas ...

RACINE — Pastor David Stewart Sr., 70, of Racine, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, with his beloved wife, Shirley, by his side. Born in Racine on Jan. 31, 1955, he was the ...

The Blizzard of 1888 began as a deceptively warm January morning across the American Midwest, luring children to school without their coats and farmers back into the fields. Within hours, a deadly ...

ABC News spoke to a formerly stranded hiker and a guide who came to the rescue. SEOUL, South Korea -- The trip was not in Isaac Wang’s original plan. The 33-year-old Shanghai-based IT engineer was one ...

The nearly 900 hikers, mountain guides and other staffers who were stranded by a blizzard on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have all been rescued, according to state media. A severe storm struck ...

HERRIMAN — Jason Wardle turned 50 in February, said he and some of his cousins — who all live in Utah and are the same age — wanted to make the most of the milestone. "We all turned 50 this year and ...

Hundreds of hikers were stranded in deep snow over the weekend in the isolated Karma valley after an unusually powerful blizzard dumped heavy snowfall in the region. Snow fell throughout Saturday in ...

A climber has died near Mount Everest after getting caught in a powerful snowstorm, as hundreds of hikers remain trapped on the world’s highest peak in extreme conditions. The climber, a South Korean ...

Tibetan firefighters are seen rescuing stranded trekkers from Everest in this screengrab taken from a video released on Monday. (Tibet Firefighting Department via Reuters) Rescue efforts continue for ...

What began as a hiking trip with friends on the breathtaking slopes on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest turned into a frightening ordeal for 30-year-old Feng Holiday, after a rare October blizzard ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Buffalo police officer was ordered to do 50 hours of community service for hitting an officer who was conducting a looting investigation during the Christmas blizzard ...

The hikers were trapped at an elevation of more than 16,000 feet or about 13,000 feet from the top, The Associated Press reported. The hikers were on the eastern Kangshung face of Everest, Reuters ...