Winds stoke California’s largest fire as blazes scorch West
INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning added to the challenges facing firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire, one ofRead More
As Jan. 6 probe begins, Dem vows: ‘We have to get it right’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson, didn’t realize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection until his wife called him.Read More
Man who raped, killed 11-year-old Carlie Brucia dies in Florida prison
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A man who was convicted of abducting, raping and killing an 11-year-old Florida girl as she walked home in 2004 diedRead More
Brother: Last victim identified in Surfside condo collapse
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The final victim of the condo building collapse in Florida has been identified, a relative said Monday, more than aRead More
The son-in-law also rises, wins Hemingway look-alike contest
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — There’s a new Ernest Hemingway look-alike in Key West. Zach Taylor and his white beard won this year’s contest toRead More
‘My kids have just excelled’: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They’re now optingRead More
Florida man’s walk on water ends short of goal to reach NYC
BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — A man in a cylindrical floating contraption washed ashore in Florida Saturday in an apparent attempt to walk on water toRead More
1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses dies at 86
(AP) — Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives inRead More
Bus swerves off road in Croatia; 10 killed, 44 injured
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A bus swerved off a highway and crashed in Croatia early Sunday after the driver apparently fell asleep, killing 10 peopleRead More
Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant,Read More