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The Oak Fire burns near Darrah in Mariposa County, California, U.S. July 23, 2022.

Thousands Evacuated As California's Oak Fire Grows Quickly

Fueled by extreme heat and tinder dry forests and underbrush, a wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park spread overnight, quickly turning into one of the largest fires of the year and forcing thousands of residents to be evacuated from their homes, fire officials said.
Jul 24, 2022
The Oak Fire burns near Darrah in Mariposa County, California, U.S. July 23, 2022.

California's Oak Fire Spreads Uncontained Toward Yosemite

Firefighters deployed air tankers, bulldozers and hand crews to battle a fast-moving wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park on Sunday that suddenly and unpredictably grew into one of the largest fires of the year, forcing thousands of evacuations.
Jul 24, 2022
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U.S. Southern Baptist Convention Tackles Sex Abuse At Annual Assembly

With applause and a few shouts of approval, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on Wednesday voted to issue a formal apology to survivors of sex abuse, as the thousands of delegates gathered wound down the annual assembly weeks after a scathing report found the church had mishandled abuse claims and mistreated victims.
Jun 15, 2022
A herd of bison swim across the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 21, 2011. On average over 3,000 bison live in the park.

Bison Gores Yellowstone Park Visitor, Tosses Her In The Air

An Ohio woman visiting Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was seriously injured this week when a wild bison gored her and tossed her about 10 feet (3 meters) in the air when she came too close, park officials said on Wednesday.
Jun 01, 2022
An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak in this undat

Third Possible Case Of Monkeypox Found In The U.S

Health authorities said they may have found a third case of the monkeypox virus in the United States and are running tests on a patient in South Florida to confirm if the person has contracted the disease, which is staging a rare outbreak outside of Africa.
May 22, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts waits for U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020.

U.S. Chief Justice Roberts Calls Abortion Draft Leak 'Appalling'

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday decried as "absolutely appalling" the leak of a draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in his first public appearance since its disclosure on Monday.
May 05, 2022

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