"I'm calling it the apocalypse of American science," said Huganir, director of the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine whose research into therapies for autism and ...

"It's a small, wonderful hamlet and cultural center,” says the artist, who still lives in his childhood home in the city's historic district.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollowed-out homes. Cars entombed by mud. Unpeopled roads. Belongings reduced to dirt and debris. It all took a toll on Taylor Schenker.

“This storm has taken so much,” she said, “and it’s so jarring to see the photos of the horrible devastation.” So less than a week after the storm, she set out to do something about the ...