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Sinlahekin fire grows to 165,000 acres, ranks among Washington's largest wildfires on record
The lightning-sparked blaze in Okanogan County has burned more than 165,000 acres and is half-contained, part of a record-costly Washington fire season that has triggered both state and federal emergency declarations.
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Justice Department and FBI Seize Domains Behind Chinese Hacking Platforms That Breached NASA, the Fed and the Senate
Federal officials say a Chinese state-sponsored group called QTFY used two hacking tools to infiltrate NASA, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Senate over at least eight years before investigators traced the operation to a Nanjing company selling access to Beijing's intelligence services.
False Active-Shooter Report Locks Down East Stroudsburg University in Latest Campus Swatting Case
A hoax 911 call sent police searching East Stroudsburg University dorm by dorm Wednesday night, the newest entry in a wave of false active-shooter reports that has hit dozens of U.S. campuses since last fall and that federal prosecutors have yet to stop.
California Man Arrested After Driving 10-Foot Guillotine to U.S. Capitol
Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, faces a felony weapons charge after Capitol Police found the hand-built device in his truck bed steps from the Supreme Court — the latest in a run of unusual objects turning up near Congress as the department logs record threat numbers.
Testimony ends in Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial as closing arguments near
After 21 days and more than 70 witnesses, the Massachusetts mother's insanity defense in the killing of her three children goes to closing arguments Thursday, with jurors now told they may also consider manslaughter.
Texas wildfire burns 80,000 acres, prompts federal aid as drought deepens
The Ross Fire has destroyed a Boy Scout camp and forced hundreds of households from their homes in Palo Pinto and Jack counties, growing faster than crews can contain it amid one of the driest Augusts on record in North Texas.
Pennsylvania reports its first measles deaths in 35 years as outbreak tops 390 cases
Two unvaccinated Lancaster County residents have died of measles, the state's first fatalities from the disease in 35 years, as Pennsylvania's outbreak of 393 cases mirrors a national resurgence that has already surpassed all of 2025.
Trump Approves Federal Emergency Declaration for Hawaii After Two Storms in Ten Days
Hurricane Lala killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes on the Big Island before Tropical Storm Moke dumped fresh rain on the same saturated ground; Washington approved emergency federal aid Tuesday as county crews are still recovering human remains displaced from a flooded cemetery.
Study finds at least 1 in 4 former NFL players had CTE at time of death
A study published Tuesday in The BMJ estimates that at least a quarter of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, using a population-based method researchers say corrects for bias in earlier brain-donor studies.
Jury convicts Palmdale man of murdering sheriff's deputy in 2023 ambush shooting
Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was shot while stopped at a red light near the Palmdale station in September 2023. A second phase of trial will now determine whether he was legally sane.
Arbitrator orders Washington Post to reinstate columnist fired over Kirk posts
An independent arbitrator found the paper lacked just cause to fire opinion columnist Karen Attiah over social media posts she wrote after Charlie Kirk's killing, ordering her rehired with full back pay.
NTSB reaches wreckage of Alaska charter crash that killed 8, begins weeks-long recovery
Investigators used a rare break in the fog to reach the mountainside wreckage of a Cessna 441 that crashed near a remote Bering Sea radar site, killing two Army Corps of Engineers employees, an Air Force lieutenant and five others on a charter flight chartered for routine maintenance.
Indiana seeks major disaster declaration as flood damage nears $5 billion
A derecho and days of record flooding across Indiana this month killed at least seven people and knocked out power to more than a million customers; Governor Mike Braun has now asked the White House for a major disaster declaration covering 54 counties.
Wind-driven wildfire near Reno forces 90,000 from their homes
The Hawk Fire has burned more than 15,000 acres with no containment since igniting northwest of Reno on August 22, prompting Nevada's governor to declare a state of emergency and evacuate tens of thousands of Washoe County residents.
Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños at Chipotle, Qdoba grows to 431 cases
A multistate Salmonella outbreak traced to Mexican-grown jalapeño peppers has sickened people in 32 states and spread from restaurant chains into grocery recalls at Whole Foods, Costco and other retailers.