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Firefighter dies in the line of duty in while battling Kansas house fire

Firefighter dies in the line of duty in while battling Kansas house fire

Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (WICHITA, Kan.) — A firefighter in Kansas has lost his life in the line of duty while battling a house fire in Wichita, according to the Wichita Fire Department. The incident occurred on Thursday at approximately 3:22 p.m. when the currently unnamed firefighter was battling a house […]

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Extreme heat, bone-dry vegetation and human misconduct prompting intense wildfire season

Extreme heat, bone-dry vegetation and human misconduct prompting intense wildfire season

A firefighter works as the Nixon Fire burns with evacuation orders in the area on July 29, 2024 near Aguanga, Calif. — Mario Tama/Getty Images (REDDING, Calif.) — It’s only August, but already the U.S. wildfire season has burned more than 4.4 million acres, up a staggering 278% from last […]

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‘Glad I’m home’: Former Marine Paul Whelan speaks out after Russia prison ordeal

‘Glad I’m home’: Former Marine Paul Whelan speaks out after Russia prison ordeal

Former prisoners released by Russia, US journalist Evan Gershkovich (C), former US marine Paul Whelan (C), and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva (L) smile after landing at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas, on August 2, 2024. SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — The former Marine who spent more […]

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2 baby boys die in hot cars in separate states on same day

2 baby boys die in hot cars in separate states on same day

shaunl/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 6-month-old boy has died after he was left in a hot car in Arizona for about seven hours, authorities said. The incident unfolded after the mom asked a neighbor to drive her to Prescott Valley on Tuesday, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. The baby […]

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Trump, for 3rd time, asks judge in hush money case to recuse himself

Trump, for 3rd time, asks judge in hush money case to recuse himself

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A change in the nation’s political landscape means the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case should be recused, defense attorneys argued in a court filing made public Thursday. Trump is reviving a longshot effort to have Judge Juan Merchan recused […]

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Deer Springs Fire Is Fully Contained

Deer Springs Fire Is Fully Contained

(Escalante, UT) — The Deer Springs Fire is 100-percent contained. Officials at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument say key areas are now reopened that were closed for most of July as crews fought the wildfire. The fire started on July 7th and grew quickly, burning almost nine-thousand acres on the first […]

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Tropical system may develop from cluster of storms off southeast coast

Tropical system may develop from cluster of storms off southeast coast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disorganized cluster of showers and thunderstorms near Puerto Rico that could develop into a tropical system near the Southeast early next week. There’s a 20% chance of this forming into a named storm in the next two days. […]

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Man ‘intentionally’ runs over and kills flock of 25 seagulls with his jeep at the beach: Police

Man ‘intentionally’ runs over and kills flock of 25 seagulls with his jeep at the beach: Police

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police (NEW YORK) — A man has “intentionally” run over and killed a flock of 25 seagulls with his Jeep Cherokee before almost running over two people and their dogs, authorities said. The incident occurred last Saturday around 8 p.m. when the unidentified suspect […]

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Western wildfires latest: One dead in new Colorado blaze as containment expanded on huge California fire

Western wildfires latest: One dead in new Colorado blaze as containment expanded on huge California fire

Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A wildfire that started Tuesday in Colorado has killed a person in their home, while California firefighters battling the largest active wildland blaze in the nation made significant progress on containing it but still have a long way to go before it is extinguished, […]

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Officials: 26 people treated for ammonia exposure after commercial building gas leak in Virginia

Officials: 26 people treated for ammonia exposure after commercial building gas leak in Virginia

Piccell/Getty Images (STERLING, Va.) — Twenty-six patients were transported to area hospitals late Wednesday evening for ammonia exposure after a leak occurred at a commercial building in Sterling, Virginia. At approximately 8:36 p.m., Loudoun County Fire Rescue responded to the 22400 block of Sous Vide Lane in Sterling for reports […]

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