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Crews make progress as massive Park fire swells beyond 350,000 acres
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoFortunately, many of the homes and neighborhoods in the area are spread out and not densely...
Derna floods: Libyan officials jailed over disaster
BBC News· 5 hours agoTwelve Libyan officials have received sentences ranging between nine and 27 years in prison for their role in catastrophic dam collapses that killed more...
Firefighters helped by cooler weather as they battle huge blaze in California
Stroud News and Journal· 5 hours agoThe blaze was one of several tearing through the western United States and Canada, fuelled by wind and heat. Cooler temperatures and an increase in humidity could help slow the Park Fire, the ...
Park Fire in California explodes in size to state's top 10 largest on record
Axios· 6 hours agoThe big picture: Allegedly started by an arsonist in Butte County on July 24, the blaze has consumed...
'I don't have children': Lindsey Graham tries to brush off Vance's attack on 'cat ladies'
The Raw Story· 6 hours agoJ.D. Vance's criticism of "childless women" with cats having no stake in the future of America. The Ohio Republican, who was chosen by Donald Trump to be his vice presidential running mate in ...
A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year's deadly flooding
CTV News· 6 hours agoA court in Libya on Sunday sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water ...
Re-Drafting the Top 5 Picks in the 2000 NBA Draft
GiveMeSport· 6 hours agoCompared to the 1999 NBA Draft and the 2001 NBA Draft that followed, the 2000 NBA Draft offered a disappointing group of talents for the league. Even if...
Beyond Local: Jasper wildfire still out-of-control, crews to bulldoze protection line north of town
Airdrie City View· 6 hours agoThe wildfire in Jasper National Park is still out-of-control as emergency crews prepare to bulldoze protection lines around the community before warmer and drier temperatures in the coming days ...
Lebanon fears dangerous new phase in Hezbollah-Israel fighting
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 6 hours agoSeen as a significantly more formidable foe than Hamas, Hezbollah has been preparing for another...
B.C. salmon group offers recommendations for after wildfire devastates salmon habitat
Vancouver Sun· 6 hours agoThe Pacific Salmon Foundation recently released a list of possible human actions to rehabilitate...