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Year: 2024

Lightning could worsen wildfire east of LA already threatening 35,000 homes and buildings

Associated Press HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles threatened ten of thousands of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee Sunday amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures. The so-called Line Fire was burning along the edge of the San Bernardino

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Aryna Sabalenka, número 2 del mundo, gana el Abierto de EE.UU. a la estadounidense Jessica Pegula y conquista su tercer Grand Slam individual

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — A Aryna Sabalenka no se le negó alzar el trofeo de campeona del Abierto de Estados Unidos este año. Sabalenka, la bielorrusa número 2 del mundo, derrotó a la estadounidense Jessica Pegula por 7-5 y 7-5 ante un público a favor de la local en el estadio Arthur Ashe, para ganar

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Hazy and hot this weekend

Happy weekend to you! A hot pattern is expected to continue Saturday and Sunday with some of the wildfires expanding.  The Rail Ridge Fire is a megafire as it has consumed over 100k acres. The heat advisory may be extended but currently, it is only valid until 9PM Saturday. No rain is expected Saturday, but

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Florida high school football player dies after game, becoming the school year’s latest tragedy

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A beloved Florida high school football player died after he collapsed during a game Friday night, school officials say, bringing the number of recent known deaths among high school athletes to seven. Chance Gainer, a senior at Port St. Joe High School on Florida’s panhandle, was playing cornerback during an away

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Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts is paying $130 million to federal authorities and admitting that it allowed unlicensed money transfers from around the world to reach gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The publicly traded company says the settlement reached Friday represents the money it was accused of

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Backside Fire west of Mt. Bachelor closes resort, prompts evacuations, Firestone Fire S. of Pine Mtn. evacuations widen

One of the dozens of new lightning-sparked fires being tackled around the region Saturday after Friday night’s round of thunderstorms prompted a Level 3 GO NOW evacuation and closure of Mt. Bachelor resort and a large swath of the surrounding Deschutes National Forest, including Sparks Lake and Devils Lake.
The evacuation zone due to the Backside Fire, 50 acres and moving north at last report, also included the Todd Creek Horse Camp, Quinn Meadow and associated trail systems, officials said on the county’s emergency evacuation map.

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How some of the biggest right-wing social media stars became unwitting mouthpieces of Russian propaganda

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — They’re not on any of the major television networks, but they have millions of viewers. Now, the Justice Department is alleging that some of the biggest stars in right-wing social media were, unwittingly, part of a sinister Russian operation to influence the 2024 US election. The personalities weren’t directly named or accused of wrongdoing by the Justice Department,

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