Turkey-level disaster is possible in California, renowned seismologist says
Dr. Lucy Jones, who's been dubbed the "Earthquake Lady," says building codes in the state leave lots to be desired.
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Dr. Lucy Jones, who's been dubbed the "Earthquake Lady," says building codes in the state leave lots to be desired.
The death toll has reached 24,000 people, with many more injured and millions displaced.
Satellite images from the NASA Earth Observatory show the scale of destruction in Turkey and Syria.
When she was rescued, baby Aya was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord, and none of her immediate family survived.
More than three days after the devastating quakes hit Turkey and Syria, experts say a "critical" survival window is closing fast amid harsh winter conditions.
"We cleared the dust and found the baby with the umbilical cord (intact), so we cut it and my cousin took her to hospital," rescuer says.
Syria, which has endured 12 years of brutal civil war, is facing particular difficulty after Monday's devastating earthquake.
Frantic search efforts were still underway in both countries, with an untold number of people still trapped in rubble.
Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from Syria's Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected gas attack there followed by retaliatory strikes by Western powers on the Syrian government's chemical facilities.
Around two dozen anti-war protesters gathered at the intersection of 16th and J in downtown Sacramento, chanting and soliciting drivers to honk for their cause.
President Donald Trump on Saturday declared "Mission Accomplished" for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses.
President Donald Trump says the United States has "launched precision strikes" on targets associated with Syrian chemical weapons program.
Syria's state-run news agency says the military's air defenses have confronted a missile attack on air base in central Syria and shot down eight missiles.
Several Syrian activist groups Saturday reported that a brutal attack on the remnants of the rebel-held city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta left dozens of civilians dead and scores wounded.
Brian Williams is facing online criticism for waxing poetic about what he called "beautiful pictures" of U.S. missiles launching during an attack on a Syrian air base.
On Sunday, Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh participated in a ceremony in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States hitting its target of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program.
"I couldn't believe that an elected official in this day and age, could make such a statement," Marielle Tsukamoto said.
From inside his home, Muhammad Dawarah and his wife show photos of his brother and his 8-year-old nephew. Both were killed in the Syrian civil war he and his wife fled with their five children.
Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state health officials in charge of Texas' refugee resettlement program not to accept any more Syrians following the Paris terrorist attacks.
Facebook will cooperate with the German government to block hateful or offensive posts about refugees fleeing war-torn Syria.
A 20-year-old California man has been arrested near the Canadian border in Washington state and charged with attempting to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic extremists, federal prosecutors said Monday.
A U.S. Navy sailor married his high school sweetheart on Tuesday in Reno-Tahoe International Airport, just moments after returning from an 11-month deployment off the coast of war-torn Syria.
On Monday, inspectors from the United Nations are expected to release their findings from the Syrian chemical attack that killed 1,400 men, women and children.
The White House says President Barack Obama has canceled a trip to California to focus on his administration's response to chemical weapons use in Syria.
Local lawmakers are divided over whether or not the U.S. should get involved militarily in Syria. The debate has also spilled onto the streets of Sacramento.
