Warmer, wetter weather means farmers can plant some crops in regions once too cold and dry

Warmer, wetter weather has crops on the move

APNewsBreak: Agency had 1 ranger patrol 50-mile race where truck killed 8 in Mojave Desert

APNewsBreak: 1 ranger patrolled deadly Calif race

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing as tricked-out trucks run Nevada desert race

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing

Bureau of Land Management expands review of off-road racing on its federal lands nationwide

BLM expands off-road race reviews nationwide

Federal agency suspends event permits for promoter of fatal Southern Calif. off-road race

Promoter’s permits suspended following fatal race

BLM suspends event permits for promoter of fatal California off-road race

BLM suspends permits of promoter in CA fatal race

BLM confident of oversight of big Nevada off-road race even as California tragedy investigated

Nevada off-road race going forward on BLM land

Off-roaders worry desert race crash could lead to more restrictions, end of their sport

Off-roaders worry accident may mean sport’s end

BLM to review off-road wreck that killed 8 fans and similar events in Calif. desert

BLM to review off-road wreck that killed 8 fans

Family, friends mourn 8 killed when truck in Calif. race hit fans who lined up alongside track

Family, friends mourn 8 killed in off-road wreck

8 killed when truck in Calif. off-road race rolls into fans who lined up close to race course

Off-road racer rolls truck into crowd, killing 8

Japanese tour bus driver blamed for rollover crash in Utah that killed 3 and injured 11

Bus driver under investigation for Utah crash

Wildfire burning in high desert outside Los Angeles has jumped an aqueduct, makes run at homes

Calif. wildfire jumps aqueduct, approaches homes

Air attack planned on big California wildfire as evacuations end

Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes

Calif. firefighters gain on worst of destructive wildfires, homes still threatened

Calif. firefighters gain on worst wildfire

Structure losses revised downward to 25 in wildfire in California’s Tehachapi Mountains

Structure losses lowered in Calif. wildfire

Calif. firefighters brace for wind as wildfires burn about 40 homes, threaten dozens of others

Calif. wildfires burn about 40 homes, threaten 150

Southern California earthquake related to April’s Baja quake; no major damage or injuries

S. California earthquake related to Easter temblor

Late dust storm blots out the sun in Nigeria, raising questions about changing climates

Late dust storm covers Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria — The yellow haze descended across Nigeria, blotting out the sun, canceling airline flights and coating everything with a fine layer of dust.

Blowing in the wind: Sandstorms spread dust, grit and misery across much of China

China’s sandstorms blast Beijing with dust, sand

Year’s strongest sandstorm hits northern China, turns Beijing skies orange with grit

Huge sandstorm covers Beijing, turns sky orange