The truckers filling Haiti's mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said Sunday.
Precious water, food and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the streets of this shattered city, where despair at times turned into a frenzy among the ruins.
Hungry, haggard survivors clamored for food and water Saturday as donors squabbled over how to get aid into Haiti and rescuers waged an increasingly improbable battle to free the dying before they become the dead.
University of Oregon journalism teacher Melissa Hart presents a workshop on how to write and sell humorous essays on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m. at Tsunami Books. Participants will come away with ideas for their own humorous essays, as well as with a sense of how to craft and submit them to magazines and newspapers.
An international earthquake expert at Oregon State University predicted one week ago that one of the world’s most at-risk locations for a major, destructive earthquake is the fault that runs through Haiti and near Port-au-Prince.
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, many Americans are looking for ways to help by donating to a charity. Fraudulent charities will likely emerge trying to scam donations from well-meaning Americans. Here's how to avoid them.
An orphanage in Haiti built by American engineers built by an international adoption organization based in Eugene is OK, Holt International in Eugene believes.
"Our huge worry is will there be a tsunami," said Susan Cox with Holt International, "and trying to keep all the children calm and staff...more calm." bldg near the ocean
The organization has adoptive parents getting kids from Haiti, and they're "pretty frantic about what will happen," Cox said.
The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging several buildings.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings south of the Oregon border and knocking out power in several coastal communities.
The network, owned by the Walt Disney Co., says it will introduce a channel this year that will broadcast live sports events using the technology, starting with the FIFA World Cup soccer match on June 11.
Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and hamper the global economic recovery.