Urban planners from Mexico City to Toulouse are adopting the high-flying mode of transit. Will it catch on elsewhere?

More than 10,000 structures have been destroyed, and the devastation from a bird’s eye view is chilling. The trip started in Burbank where Oleg Byelogurov, a 28-year-old pilot provided us with ...

Blackened trees stand out amid the rubble, and the occasional mansion remains, suddenly exposed to view from all sides. Photos that an Associated Press photographer took from a helicopter on ...

USA TODAY rented the helicopter to allow a reporter and a photographer a chance to see the damage and try to put it into perspective. It's tough perspective. More than 10,000 structures have been ...