Wildfires are burning through four national parks across the West in what is shaping up to be an intense fire season for an already beleaguered federal agency. Making things even worse, experts say, is that the National Park Service employs fewer firefighters than it now needs,

A teenage boy visiting Yellowstone National Park was seriously burned when his foot broke through the ground near a geyser by the infamous Old Faithful, officials said.

A teenager who was visiting Yellowstone National Park was severely burned this week when his foot sank through the thin crust of ground in a popular geyser area, the National Park Service said. The teenager,