Wildfires finally end in New South Wales
After nearly 240 days of burning, the fires are completely over – and the areas that need rain the most will get it
After nearly 240 days of burning, the fires are completely over – and the areas that need rain the most will get it
The soldiers fed 28 rescued koalas and helped build climbing structures for them in their new home.
"I've spent the last two weeks calling 120 brides to tell them we can't host their wedding," said Kurt Menzel, the owner of Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat.
All three had long military and firefighting careers and were contracted to help fight the wildfires in Australia.
Hail storm in Canberra damaged public buildings, businesses, homes and cars, cut power to some suburbs, brought down trees and caused flash flooding.
Officials in New South Wales are enforcing harsher penalties amid unprecedented destruction from wildfires.
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NASA says the fires have caused "unprecedented" conditions that will effect the entire globe.
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In an interview with CBS News, Frankel made an appeal to airlines to help her fly firefighters to Australia.
"Patsy the Corryong Wonderdog" rescued 900 sheep from the approaching flames.
Earth Alliance says it created a fund to help with an "international response to the catastrophic bushfires" raging in the country.
Jenner made the donation after getting backlash on social media for an Instagram post.
Researchers say koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, and other animals have perished either directly or indirectly as a result of the fires.
More than 1 billion animals are feared dead.
Satellite pictures show more than 380,000 acres of Kangaroo Island — a former haven for wildlife — destroyed by the brushfires.
Over 1.2 million people have donated to Barber's Facebook fundraiser since it launched last week.
Lizzo joined other volunteers who had been working tirelessly for 6 days, packing emergency supplies for those in need.
An ecologist at the University of Sydney, who estimated last week that nearly half a billion animals had died in the fires, has increased his estimate to over 1 billion.
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The USDA had floated banning flavored milk options from some school lunches.
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The State of New York Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction Thursday and has ordered a new trial. Julie Rendelman, a criminal defense attorney, and CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan look at the possible reasons why it was overturned and what it means for Weinstein, who was also convicted of rape in Los Angeles in 2022.
A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crimes. The court ruled that the disgraced movie mogul did not have a fair trial because the judge who presided over the case allowed women to testify about allegations that were not part of the charges against him. Weinstein will remain in prison because of his rape conviction in Los Angeles.
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