California’s largest wildfire so far this year was significantly surrounded Monday after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley. The Corral Fire was 75% contained after scorching more than 22 square miles during the weekend, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. One home was destroyed and two firefighters were injured. …
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A memorial for the six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore was vandalized over the weekend. The elaborate display near the south end of the bridge has grown to include decorated wooden crosses and a red pickup truck suspended from nearby tree branches, which represents one of the work vehicles used by the six construction workers …
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Authorities have found the bodies of two men who went over a waterfall while fishing near the Minnesota-Ontario border last month. WEATHER THWARTS SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHERMEN IN MINNESOTA’S BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA Deputies found the remains of Melvin Grams, 40, of Lino Lakes, on Monday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, the St. Louis County …
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Fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries, local officials said. The regional governor said the fire was not caused by a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators opened a criminal case on suspicion of negligence. RUSSIA NOT ‘BLUFFING’ WITH NUCLEAR THREATS AS BIDEN GREENLIGHTS LIMITED MILITARY STRIKES, MEDVEDEV SAYS The fire …
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A lobster-themed monster truck performing for a crowd clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries. The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp, went airborne and hit the power line. Video showed people …
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A pilot survived after his helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon in a fiery accident in New Hampshire. According to the New Hampshire State Police, the helicopter plummeted into the wooded line at a residential property at approximately 12:45 p.m. in Danbury. Authorities said that the initial investigation revealed that the pilot lost control. 4-YEAR-OLD AMONG 5 DEAD IN FIERY SOUTH CAROLINA …
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A wind-driven wildfire in Tracy, California, burned 11,000 acres and forced many residents to evacuate on Saturday. The Corral Fire was first reported around 2:30 p.m. east of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300. It reached nearly 11,050 acres, with 13% containment, at 11:30 p.m., California Fire said on its website. Residents east of Highway 580 between Corral Hollow Road …
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A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) aircrew came to the rescue of seven adults and one child, after their boat capsized 36 miles west off of the Boca Grande, Florida, coastline on Saturday. Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast said in a press release that the boaters reported that their 28-foot boat capsized and was sinking off the coast of …
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Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide, officials said Thursday. Government and army geotechnical experts on Thursday were examining the stability of the massive …
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Five people, including a 4-year-old, were killed during a fiery three-vehicle crash near the southern South Carolina coast, authorities said Thursday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said a BMW was traveling south Wednesday night on a road on St. Helena Island when the driver tried to pass a Toyota pickup also traveling south. The BMW collided head-on with a Honda …
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