After a siege of multiple outbreak from mid-March through early April, a weather pattern favorable for severe storms is expected again in the Plains, South and Midwest. Here's when that could happen and our latest thinking.

An earthquake that shook Southern California today was centered near the community of Julian, about 45 miles northeast of San Diego. Shaking was also felt in the Los Angeles area.

Singer Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King were part of an all-woman crew that launched into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket Monday. Blue Origin is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. His fiancee and three other women rounded out the first all-female crew to launch to space from U.S. soil.

A teenager drowned and two other youth were rescued in a rip current in Palm Beach County on Florida's East Coast over the weekend. The incident comes during the annual spring break tourism surge, and highlights the potential dangers of swimming in the ocean.

The weather wasn’t peaceful everywhere this weekend. Check out the fierce storms that struck southwestern China, where a man was blown right off his bike and powerful winds tossed debris like toys.