(CAMARILLO, Calif.) — It seemed that each time wind-driven embers sparked new blazes or a wall of fire leaped a Southern …
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Forest Service to States: Give Subsidies Back
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them.
Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies. And it’s all come down to a …
May Day Rally Turns Violent in Seattle
(SEATTLE) — Police used “flash bangs” and pepper spray against some protesters who pelted them with rocks and bottles late Wednesday, as violence erupted during May Day in Seattle.
Ky. Child Shooting Part of Urban-Rural Gun Debate
(BURKESVILLE, Ky.) — In southern Kentucky, where children get their first guns even before they start first grade, Stephanie Sparks paid little attention as her 5-year-old son, Kristian, played with the rifle he was given last year.
Fuel Barges Explode, Causing Large Fire in Ala.
(MOBILE, Ala.) — Multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges near Mobile, Ala., led to a major fire Wednesday night that left three people critically injured with burns and created a situation so unstable that fire and rescue …
Official: 4 Children Killed in SC Mobile Home Fire
(HARTSVILLE, S.C.) — Firefighters racing to stamp out a mobile home fire Wednesday met with flames shooting from windows as a woman and others looking on pleaded for them to save four young children inside, witnesses told investigators. All four children, including twin girls, perished.
It took firefighters less than 10 minutes
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4 Charged After Va. Freshmen Swept into River
(PETERSBURG, Va.) — Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, rain-swollen river as part of an initiation rite.
The body of one freshman, identified as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search
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Skier, 4 Snowboarders Killed in Avalanche ID’d
(DENVER) — Authorities have released the names of four Colorado snowboarders and one skier killed over the weekend in the state’s deadliest avalanche in more than 50 years.
Sheriff: 5 Snowboarders Killed in Colorado Avalanche
GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon in a backcountry avalanche on Colorado’s Loveland Pass, authorities said.
Shooting at Colo. Pot Holiday Gathering Injures 2
DENVER — A crowd of marijuana smokers expected to swell to 80,000 gathered Saturday in Denver to mark the counterculture holiday known as 4/20 on the first celebration since Colorado and Washington made pot legal for recreation use.
In the Heartland, Supply-Side is Yellow Brick Road
Arthur Laffer’s supply-side magic hits Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.
6 Teens Killed, 2 Hurt in Northeast Ohio SUV Crash
(WARREN, Ohio) — A speeding sport utility vehicle taken without permission and carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing five boys and the …
Governor Declares Financial Emergency in Detroit
(DETROIT) — Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday he has declared a financial emergency in Detroit, a determination that could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager over the city’s finances.
Snyder told The Associated Press …
