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NY parks employee dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have...

NY forest ranger dies fighting fires; air quality warnings are issued in New York and New Jersey

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New York forest ranger died battling one of a number of wildfires...

Helicopter crashes in Houston, killing 4 and destroying a radio tower, officials say

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter crashed Sunday in Houston, killing four people on board and destroying a radio...

4 dead in Houston radio tower helicopter crash: Police

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter reportedly crashed Sunday in Houston after hitting a radio tower, killing four people...

3 killed and 8 injured by gunfire following a Mississippi school’s football game

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday...

Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’

WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Services needs fundamental...

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris'...

Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued...

Hurricane Helene killed at least 227, more unaccounted for

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued...

US launches airstrikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases, and other...

Twin babies who died with mother are youngest-known Helene victims

Obie Williams could hear babies crying and branches battering the windows when he answered his daughter’s daily phone call last week as Hurricane Helene...