HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 19 fires — most of them tiny — that erupted in the Klamath […]

By SAM MEDNICK (Associated Press) NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Insurgents killed 17 soldiers and wounded nearly 24 in the first major attack in half a year against the army in Niger, where Western powers fear a coup by the elite presidential guard last month is weakening a rare ally against jihadi violence in West Africa’s Sahel region. Niger was one […]

The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion of the Eastern European country in February 2022. The merchant ship started its crossing of the Black Sea towards Turkey on Wednesday, despite fears it may be targetted by Putin’s army. It was carrying more than 30,000 […]

By JOHN PYE (AP Sports Writer) SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Hemp didn’t let the Women’s World Cup semifinal match between Australia and England become the Sam Kerr show. Hemp scored to restore England’s lead eight minutes after a superb equalizer from Kerr, and then provided a perfect pass for the clincher as the Lionesses moved into their first World Cup […]

Jefferson County Sheriff‘s deputies have issued a “missing endangered adult” alert as they search for a 19-year-old woman who left metro Denver in a red Mercedes. The woman identified as Kallie Ridley, “considered endangered for developmental reasons,” went missing between 3:30 p.m. and  5:30 p.m. Tuesday from the 25900 block of Genesee Trail Road, sheriff officials said in a 9:25 […]

Hot and dry conditions will engulf metro Denver Wednesday and the temperatures in parts of northeast Colorado will exceed 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Increasing cloud cover will hold in heat and winds rising in the afternoon could gust at speeds as fast as 17 miles per hour, the weather service said. The high temperature in Denver […]

By The Associated Press Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing dozens of people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blazes have become key evidence in the search […]

The struggle for prime beachfront real estate has turned into a summer tradition for many Britons abroad. Every year, images of throngs of people anxiously waiting at the beach’s edge emerge, striving to be the first to set up their beach umbrella and claim a perfect spot. These co-called ‘parasol wars’ have even spurned authorities into taking action, fining lounger […]

Chef Duy Pham almost left the restaurant industry altogether when he departed from his executive chef role at For[a]ged in the Dairy Block three months ago. “I’m kind of at that age where I need to do this because I love to do this. or I need to do less of it before I no longer like the industry, which […]

The UK is demanding answers from the Spanish Government after customs officers allegedly restrained crew members of a Gibraltar vessel in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, showing a flagrant disregard for UK sovereignty. The incident, which took place on Monday night (August 14), saw a Spanish Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (SVA) boat called Aguila 2 chase a British vessel, The Ultimate […]