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Be ‘Extra Safe': San Francisco Fire Chief Tells California Residents to Take Precautions During Wildfire Season
As the state of California set a record this year with two million acres burned, San Francisco Fire Department’s Pablo Siguenza is speaking to the preparedness of the state fire departments and offers message of safety and awareness for residents in helping prevent future wildfires.
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Officials: 3 Dead After Small Plane Crash in San Antonio
Three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport, officials say.
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Frustration Rises as Calif. Utility Imposes More Blackouts
Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state’s biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer. The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before...
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Los Angeles Fire Chief: ‘This Is a Very Dynamic Fire'
Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas updates reporters on the Saddleridge wildfire, which has burned at least 4,000 acres north of Los Angeles.
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Long Beach Woman Charged With Murder, Arson for Deadly House Fire on Long Island: Cops
A woman has been arrested on charges of beating a 75-year-old man to death and torching his Long Island house to cover up the crime.
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Ohio Gov. Urges Gun Sale Background Checks, Red-Flag Law After Dayton Shooting
Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio’s Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access to people perceived as threats. Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own...
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‘Do Something': Crowd Screams at Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine During Shooting Vigil
A crowd that gathered to remember nine people shot dead outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar interrupted a speech by Gov. Mike DeWine with screams of “do something.” Twenty-seven people were also injured in the mass shooting.
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Jersey Shore Town's Fire Department Leaders Resign Amid State Probe
Three fire officials in a Jersey Shore resort community have resigned in the wake of a state-led investigation.
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4-Year-Old Girl Run Over by Coronado Lifeguard Released from Hospital
A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.
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4-Year-Old Girl Run Over by Coronado Lifeguard Released from Hospital
A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.
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NJ Man Credited With Saving Swimmer Stuck in Current of Atlantic City Beach on July 4th
A New Jersey man is being credited with helping save a swimmer who got stuck in a current on Independence Day
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NY Firefighters Rescue Dog Trapped 13 Feet Inside Drain Pipe
Volunteer firefighters in suburban New York have rescued a dog who was 13 feet inside a drain pipe
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Hungry Goats Are on the Front Lines of Wildfire Prevention in Southern California
For Southern California, using grazing goats is a solution spreading like wildfire. The County of Los Angeles Fire Department’s Forestry Division is using these grass-munchers as part of their fire hazard reduction project.
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Police: Massachusetts Firefighter Went Into 7-Eleven Naked to Purchase Soda
A Massachusetts firefighter police say walked nude into a Rhode Island convenience store because he thought it was legal has been placed on leave. Police responded to a 7-Eleven in Middletown at about 3 p.m. April 3 for a report of a naked customer. The owner said the man with a “smile on his face” purchased a soda, and left...
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Religious New Jersey Firefighter Shaves Off Beard After Legal Loss
A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.
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8 Hurt, Some Children, After Fire Chews Through Bronx Building: FDNY
A space heater is being investigated as the cause of a fire that ripped through a Bronx apartment building early Wednesday, injuring more than a half-dozen people, some children, and sending some residents fleeing for their lives.
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Midwest Floods Expose Threat to Military Posed by Climate Change
The Missouri River floodwater surging on to the air base housing the U.S. military’s Strategic Command overwhelmed round-the-clock sandbagging by airmen and others. They had to scramble to save sensitive equipment, munitions and dozens of aircraft. Days into the flooding, muddy water was still lapping at almost 80 flooded buildings at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, some inundated by up...
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Atlantic City Firefighter Sues, Says He Grew Beard as Born-Again Christian
A New Jersey firefighter has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging that he is being forced to shave a beard he says he grew for religious reasons.
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1 Man Dies in NJ Senior Center Fire: Officials
A man was killed in a fire at a senior center in Newark. Drew Wilder reports.
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Woman Names Baby After Medic Who Saved Her During Wildfire
In his 20 years as a paramedic, Mickey Huber assisted in two emergency deliveries. But to him, the most memorable birth is the one that didn’t happen on his watch. Huber was helping people evacuate from the terrifying wildfire that tore through the Northern California town of Paradise on Nov. 8 when he heard on the scanner about a pregnant...