Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, also rank among the worst locations worldwide, alongside cities in Pakistan, China and India.
Author: Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY
Nakia Creek Fire near Vancouver, Washington, prompts thousands of evacuation orders amid record heat
The blaze in eastern Clark County, near Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, prompted evacuation orders for thousands of homes Sunday night.
President Biden signs bill allowing divorced couples to sever joint consolidation student loans
Congress eliminated the program in 2006 that allowed married couples to merge their student debt into a joint loan for a lower interest rate.
Amy Cooper, white woman who called 911 on Black bird-watcher, loses lawsuit over termination
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams on Wednesday determined Amy Cooper’s claims against investment firm Franklin Templeton was unsubstantial.
Alaskan officials rush to provide aid in flooded, remote villages. Here’s what we know.
About 21,000 residents living in small communities along the western Alaska coast were impacted by the storm over the weekend.
Homes knocked off foundations, roads damaged after powerful western Alaska storm
Widespread flooding in western Alaska has caused infrastructural damage and left residents without power over the weekend, officials said.
1 person injured after package explodes at Northeastern University; FBI assisting with investigation
“The staff member sustained minor injuries and is being treated,” a spokesperson for Northeastern University, told USA TODAY in a statement.
Coast Guard: 1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crash in Washington state’s Puget Sound near Seattle
Nine adults and one child were aboard the plane that crashed into Mutiny Bay, about 40 miles northwest of Seattle, according to the Coast Guard.
Weekend severe weather causes ‘rare’ rainfall in Georgia, deadly flash flood in Indiana
A woman died in Southern Indiana after a flash flood. Meanwhile two Georgia counties were under a state of emergency amid heavy rain.
Suspect in Dallas salon May shooting indicted for anti-Asian hate crime
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of Jeremy Smith, 37, for the May 11 shooting at a salon in Dallas’ Koreatown.