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Death Valley was hit on Aug. 5 by historic downpours that caused millions of dollars in damage to roads and facilities. Officials cautioned visitors to expect delays and continuing road closures.

The bluegrass supergroup led by mandolin player Chris Thile has released a sophomore album titled Antifogmatic, named for a type of drink that staves off the effects of bad weather. Together with Noam Pikelny on banjo, fiddler Gabe Witcher, guitarist Chris Eldridge and bassist Paul Kowert, the band combines bluegrass instrumentation with elements of classical music and rock 'n roll.

At the Fairmont hotel in Washington, honeybees outnumber humans. Chefs plan to use their rooftop harvest to make desserts that deliver a direct hit of honey, like "honey caviar."

Crews with rail operator CSX and Kentucky officials are working to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire and prompted home evacuations.

A wandering kinkajou, a small mammal that lives in the rainforests of Mexico and Central and South America, was spotted outside of Yakima, Washington.

The Philadelphia sextet uses the indie-rock toolkit in creative, subversive, counterintuitive ways on its latest record, Be the Void.

A need for foreign workers in Iraq -- and the flood of American dollars into the country -- have created a labor network that critics call misleading, illegal and even dangerous. Chicago Tribune correspondent Cam Simpson retraced the fatal journey of 12 men from Nepal.

Chris Thile's quintet continues to push the boundaries of bluegrass into experimental rock territory on Who's Feeling Young Now?

A drug task force made a donation for students at Stewart County High School in Tennessee to use in agriculture classes. It was growing equipment they had seize. To the surprise of many, some marijuana was found among the donated items.

50,000 residents remain under an evacuation order into Monday as emergency services attempt to take control of a potentially explosive situation at a nearby aerospace manufacturing plant.