Rachel Silverman

An on-stage altercation has stolen the spotlight at this year's Oscars.

Actor Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock, after he joked about his wife, who has alopecia.

US Correspondent Rachel… Audio

The mayor of Los Angeles has warned his sprawling US city was nearing "a devastating tipping point" and ordered residents to stay in their homes and avoid social gatherings.

The hard-line measures… Audio

Thousands of people in California have been forced to flee their homes as new wild fires spread throughout the region.

Officials say dry and windy weather has caused the fires to grow at… Audio

Back to the US now where at least seven people have died, and tens of thousands have had to evacuate amid terrifying wildfires on the country's West Coast.

The sky in San Francisco has turned a dark… Audio

A cruise ship is being held off of the coast of San Francisco as health officials prepare to screen everyone on board.

A man who died from Covid-19 after disembarking from the Grand Princess in San… Audio

Firefighters in Southern California are battling to contain two new wildfires this morning.

The Hillside Fire broke out in San Bernardino and quickly entered some neighborhoods, prompting… Audio

More than 26 million people from California to Arizona are on edge as firefighters deal with blazes burning in California's wine country and in the Los Angeles area.

More than 5,000 people, almost… Audio

California's Governor has declared a statewide emergency after strong winds whipped wildfires in the north and south of the state, forcing the evacuation of almost 200,000 people.

In Northern… Audio

We're still more than a year out from the 2020 US election, but already Democrats are nominating themselves. Audio

Thousands of migrants are making their way from Central American nations to the southern US border. The caravan left a town in Eastern Honduras on foot over a week ago and headed west, across… Audio

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the US Supreme Court is in jeopardy, after several women stepped forward to accuse him of sexually harrassing and assaulting him while at high school. Audio

Puerto Rico's San Juan mayor says the Trump administration effectively killed thousands through neglect during Hurricane Maria. Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz blamed Donald Trump, federal officials and… Audio

Facebook has updated the number of users whose data may have been improperly obtained and used by Cambridge Analytica. The social media company says nearly twice as many users were affected as… Audio

It's been a rough few weeks for residents in Southern California. First a massive fire swept through the region, destroying homes and leaving the earth scorched and dry.

Then this week, rivers of mud… Audio

The wildfires which have devastated a major Californian wine region are now known to have killed at least 40 people. The fires are still spreading. Ninety-thousand people have been displaced so far… Audio