The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that's seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump's plan to shut down the agency.

Four separate wildfires on New York's Long Island were started due to someone making s'mores in the yard at 9:30 a.m., police say.

Gusty winds, low humidity and dry conditions are expected to produce elevated fire danger in parts of the Southwest and ...