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Utility-Caused Wildfires Are Becoming a National Problem
Climate change is raising the risk of blazes that are started by power lines and other utility equipment in many parts of the U.S. besides California.
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World
Chile’s Deadliest Wildfire Is Said to Have Been Made Worse by a Lack of Water
Poor water pressure and dry hydrants posed major obstacles to fighting the February fire that killed scores of people along the country’s Pacific Coast.
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Three Men Face Federal Gun Charges in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting
Prosecutors said some of the weapons recovered from the scene of the Feb. 14 shooting had been unlawfully purchased or trafficked.
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World
Israel Says Its Forces ‘Fired Precisely’ During Aid Convoy Chaos
Israeli soldiers “fired precisely” at Gazans who approached them during a chaotic scene near an aid convoy in northern Gaza last week that led to the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, but they did not fire on the convoy itself, the Israeli military ...
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Utility Says Its Equipment May Have Started Record Texas Fire
The company, Xcel Energy, said that its facilities in the Texas Panhandle “appear to have been involved in an ignition” of the fire, which has burned more than 1 million acres.
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Newyork
A Fire Dept. Chaplain Breaking Barriers
The Rev. Pamela Holmes will be sworn in today as the Fire Department’s second female chaplain, and the first Black woman in the role.
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Newyork
The Fires Sweeping Across Texas Offer a Terrifying Warning
On Thursday, as flames from the Smokehouse Creek Fire raced eastward across the Texas Panhandle for the fourth straight day at speeds faster than a person can run, a cold front, driving a snow squall, swept southward over the Great Plains. In an ...
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Scenes From the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas
The Smokehouse Creek fire is the largest on record in Texas. Since it started on Monday, the blaze has burned over a million acres of land in the state’s Panhandle, much of which is cattle country. The fire, which spread around the town of Canadian ...
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What Are the Largest Wildfires in U.S. History?
The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle is now one of the largest fires the country has faced. Here are five of the others.
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World
Witnesses Describe Seeing People Shot as Israeli Soldiers Fired Toward Crowds Surging Around Aid Convoy
They went out in the thousands, camping overnight along the coastal road in the cold Gaza night — making small fires to keep warm — huddled together waiting for supplies to come so they could feed their families. What they encountered was death and ...
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