President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus.

A fire is burning along the New Jersey-New York border as an emergency drought warning emerges. CBS News' Tom Hanson has the ...

Firefighters have made progress containing the fire on the NJ side, and will be helping conduct back-burning operations in NY ...

Firefighters are working to extinguish a brush fire burning in Inwood Hill Park in upper Manhattan. Dry conditions in New ...

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos More than 58% of the Northeast is in ...

Wildfires have claimed the life of a teenage park ranger, as blazes continue to rage across New York State. 18-year-old ...

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus declared a state of emergency Wednesday evening following a weeklong effort to control ...

Conditions in some northeast states are the driest they've been in nearly 120 years as numerous wildfires continue to burn.

The FDNY said it has responded to 229 brush fires since Oct. 29, calling it the most in city history over a two-week stretch.

With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey declared a drought warning Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Check here for updates throughout the day Thursday as the Jennings Creek Wildfire continues to burn in New Jersey and New ...

On Wednesday, FDNY firefighters worked around the clock to contain multiple wildfires in Manhattan and Queens as dry ...