Nearly 2,500 firefighters were battling the blaze, aided by 16 helicopters and numerous air tankers.
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Harris raised $200 million in one week, signed 170,000 volunteers
Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump, running mate Sen. JD Vance and their surrogates have stepped up efforts to frame Harris as a far-left politician out of touch with American mainstream.
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Life and death in the heat: What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs
On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related deaths at a hospital in Morocco as temperatures spiked to 118.9 degrees Fahrenheit in the region of 575,000 people, most lacking air conditioning.
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Firefighters get some help from cooler temperatures after California’s largest wildfire explodes
The Park Fire’s intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the Camp Fire, which burned out of control in 2018.
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TikTok collected U.S. users’ views on abortion, gun control and religion, Justice Department says
Government lawyers wrote in court documents that the sensitive data would up on Chinese servers accessible to ByteDance employees in China.
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Israeli airstrike hits school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30
The strikes came as officials from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar and Israel are scheduled to discuss ongoing hostage and cease-fire negotiations.
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Wreckage of schooner that sank in 1893 found in Lake Michigan
The ship was en route from Bay City, Michigan, to South Chicago, Illinois, when it sank in Lake Michigan during a storm on Sept. 30, 1893.
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Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless
The 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff’s deputy charged in her death.
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They expected an Olympic boom. But some Paris businesses are experiencing a bust
Some would-be tourists have decided to avoid Paris altogether during the Olympics, fearing high prices, crowds or general chaos.
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Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the South
Wood pellet production skyrocketed across the U.S. South. It helped feed demand in the European Union for renewable energy, as those countries sought to replace fossil fuels such as coal.