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Cal Fire’s Butte Unit quickly gained control of the Centerville wildfire in Chico, California, reaching 60 percent containment after it broke out on September 2, the service said on September 3. Cal Fire said its crews worked “through the night patrolling and mitigating hot spots” and the fire was holding at 59 acres. Forward progress

The first city Pope Francis will visit during his trip to Southeast Asia and Oceania is Jakarta. Indonesia’s most populous city ranks high as one of the most air polluted and unhealthy locations in a country which also carries the worst air pollution record in the region. (AP video by Andi Jatmiko, Helena Alves, Faldan

So far this year, the United States experienced 19 confirmed weather or climate disaster events with losses exceeding the $1 billion mark, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With severe weather becoming more of a reality for Americans, Middleburg Communities chief economist and former Fed economist Brad Case breaks down how it is

Donald Trump launched a brazen new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday as he claimed she treated Mike Pence poorly. “She’s a nasty person,” the former president said on Fox News. “The way she treated Mike Pence was horrible.” It’s not clear what he was referring to, but it was perhaps the 2020

Anthony Scaramucci, a former aide to Donald Trump, has claimed he has only met one person who hates his ex-boss more than his wife Melania Trump. Speaking in an interview with MeidasTouch on Saturday, Scaramucci suggested that the former president’s wife might be the only person who would like to see Vice President Kamala Harris

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release, including at the Democratic convention last month. The military said

The right to an abortion is on the ballot in 10 states this election cycle and the results could send a strong message to Republicans trying to shut down reproductive rights. Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Executive Editor of Ms. magazine Kathy Spillar and President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s drawing has risen to an estimated $627 million after no one won the big prize on Tuesday. The winning numbers were drawn just after 11 p.m. ET on Friday, and we have the results below. A lucky player could walk away with an estimated $309.4 million lump-sum payment after taxes

Comedian—and Daily Beast contributor—Matt Friend certainly made the most of his 60 seconds with Barack Obama when the two men came face to face at the Democratic National Convention last week to make a video urging Americans to vote this November. As Friend demonstrated his eerily accurate impression of the former president, Obama couldn’t help

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity likely shrank for a fourth month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reinforcing the need for officials to direct more stimulus towards households and less to building projects. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was forecast at 49.5, up from July’s reading of 49.4,

NASA Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z captured the Ingenuity helicopter’s 54th flight on Mars. A camera onboard Ingenuity snapped a mid-air view of the rover. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Quest for the Skies by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen / courtesy of Epidemic Sound Read original article here.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born. Thanks to livestream video, scientists studying the den on a craggy hillside in Colorado are learning more about these enigmatic — and often misunderstood — reptiles. They’re

ATLANTA (AP) — The body of a worker who died Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport was unrecognizable, and the family relied on tattoos and a lanyard to identify him, his son told a news outlet. Mirko Marweg, 58, was among two workers who died

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand, with more capacity set to come on line. Government officials revealed the increase in production this week as they showcased the historic factory’s ongoing, $400

ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Two nearly 2,000-year-old tombs with magnificent wall paintings will be open to the public for the first time in southern Israel after a painstaking conservation process, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday. British archaeologists first discovered the sand-filled tombs in the 1930s, awed by the colorful paintings on the wall