Crews Battle Destructive Wildfires Raging In The West
Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires burning in California, and one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state crossed the border into Oregon.
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Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires burning in California, and one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state crossed the border into Oregon.
A growing wildfire destroyed more than 100 homes in the Colorado mountains, while other blazes across the parched U.S. West meant the evacuation of hundreds from their homes.
Anna Police are warning about the dangers of lighting your own fireworks after it led to a grass fire less than a hundred yards from homes.
Emergency crews continue work in Palo Pinto County where they're trying to get the upper hand on a growing brush fire.
Chopper 11 flew over the scene of a 400-acre brush fire in Palo Pinto County Monday afternoon.
Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles south into the San Francisco area.
Tony and Michelle Weisskopf are Dallas Police detectives who have two children. They will have to buy or build a new house.
Severe drought has already forced officials in several western states to close national parks as precautions against wildfires and issue warnings throughout the region.
Authorities are trying to determine what sparked a barn fire that left about 5,000 pigs dead. The fire started Tuesday afternoon at the Straathoff Swine Farm in Ohio.
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A fast-moving brush fire destroyed eight homes in the Utah tourist town of Moab, while more than 3,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming fled multiple wildfires.
A child was struck by a car in the 400 block of South Oak Street in Crowley and later died at Cook Children's Medical Center.
Extreme fire danger prompted officials to shut down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado's most stunning mountains in a region.
A growing wildfire burning in southwestern Colorado forced more people from their homes Sunday as crews tried to slow the blaze being fed by continued hot, dry and windy conditions.
A heroic pit bull in California is being credited with saving a woman and her baby after a fire broke out at their apartment.
A barricaded suspect in one North Dallas neighborhood frightened residents and caused damage to an apartment before being taken into custody.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found burning in southeast Dallas County Sunday evening.
A man was arrested Friday in connection to a fire set inside Hulen Mall in the shoe section at Sears.
Firefighters in the Texas Panhandle are working to contain a wildfire that's blackened more than 69,000 acres.
Fort Worth police are looking for the suspect who lit two Molotov cocktails inside two department stores at Hulen Mall Friday afternoon.
A man lit two Molotov cocktails inside Hulen Mall Friday afternoon before fleeing the scene, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department.
The Garland Fire Department is waiting for a search dog to help them find a woman who may have been home when it was engulfed in flames Thursday morning.
Police in New Jersey rescued a man who resisted their efforts as smoke and flames consumed his car.
Authorities in Houston have taken a woman into custody after witnesses reported she set her car on fire as she sat inside with her three children.
An explosion and fire struck a refinery in Southeast Texas, home to the biggest concentration of petrochemical plants in the country.
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The verdict follows another North Texas case in which officers reported being struck by a driver during an attempted stop.
Several people were hurt after a possible boat explosion Saturday near the Haulover Sandbar in Miami, Florida.
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A decade-long effort brings new green space, recreation areas, and renewed hope to a neighborhood long divided by Interstate 35E.
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During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
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Weiser said "the last few years has required a heavy financial lift to continue operating."
Small businesses along South Akard Street say the removal of a key bridge connecting Downtown Dallas to the Cedars neighborhood is already driving customers away, with no return of direct access expected until 2028.
Cox managed the Braves for 25 seasons, winning the World Series in 1995.
Ian Happ extended his on-base streak to 29 games with an RBI single in the first inning that put Chicago ahead to stay, and the Cubs beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 for their second 10-game winning streak this season.
Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a six-run sixth inning, and the Yankees beat the Rangers 9-2 Thursday for their 16th win in 19 games.
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First lady Melania Trump said that jokes Jimmy Kimmel made on his show days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner were "hateful and violent rhetoric."
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
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The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
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