Thousands evacuate season's biggest wildfire in Northern California
JD Vance responds to 'childless cat ladies' backlash
Lost dog 'defied the odds' surviving in Wyoming woods nearly 2 months
Mexican kingpin's arrest will usher in a new wave of violence, experts say
Ohio court rules chicken wings sold as boneless can include bones
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6 South Korea swimmers leave Olympic village for a hotel closer to their venue, report says
Six South Korea swimmers have left the Olympic village to move to a hotel closer to their venue, the Korea Times reported Friday. Korea Swimming Federation president Chong Chang-hoon cited concerns over the lengthy commute to La Defense Arena as the reason for the change for the members of the country’s men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay team. Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo, two of the swimmers involved, complained about bus conditions on drives that have taken upwards of 40 minutes.
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Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child
Vivian Wilson, the trans daughter of Elon Musk, said in her first public interview that he was an absent father who harassed her as a child for being feminine.
9 min read - USStatesman Journal
Oregon wildfires close these popular camping, hiking spots in Cascade Mountains
Oregon's wildfire season has been busy this year, and it also means the closure of large tracts of public lands popular for hiking and camping.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
Daughter of Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley on trial, accused of abandoning newborn in cold
The trial began Thursday for the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, who is accused of abandoning her baby after giving birth in the woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022. Attorneys for Alexandra Eckersley, 27, said she didn't know she was pregnant, thought the child had died, and was suffering from substance use disorder and mental health issues. Alexandra Eckersley pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, reckless conduct, falsifying evidence a
3 min read - USFox News
Grandmother kills college track coach in murder-suicide in wealthy New York neighborhood: police
The NYPD said Friday morning that Marisa Galloway, 46, had been gunned down on a Manhattan street by Kathleen Leigh, the 66-year-old grandmother of her 4-year-old daughter.
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Your August Horoscope Says Mercury Retrograde Is Turning Summer into a Bummer
The drama could leave you scorched.
17 min read - USAssociated Press
Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South
“I saw guys collapse,” Gross said of his days on the so-called farm line at Louisiana’s state penitentiary, where men work for pennies an hour or nothing at all and face punishment if they refuse. It was once a patchwork of cotton fields where, historians note, even enslaved pregnant women and young children worked from dawn to dusk during the busiest and hottest harvesting months. In September, several incarcerated workers along with the New Orleans-based advocacy group Voice of the Experienc
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