Real estate interests opposed laws limiting development in high wildfire risk areas — putting more people in harm’s way.

In California, policymakers have long warned that continued development in high-risk wildfire zones was magnifying fires. But ...

In August, over a calm Michigan lake, Karl Duesterhaus, 34, of Chicago, was treated to an unusual phenomenon: the northern lights, which appeared as hazy colors in a brighter-than-usual night sky. It ...