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A California wildfire that has charred an area roughly the size of Chicago near Yosemite National Park has the potential to grow in an "extreme" way, officials warned late Sunday.The so-called "Rim Fire" has scorched almost 134,000 acres since Aug. 17.
A California wildfire that has charred an area roughly the size of Chicago near Yosemite National Park has the potential to grow in an "extreme" way, officials warned late Sunday.The so-called "Rim Fire" has scorched almost 134,000 acres since Aug. 17.
IMPERIAL, Neb. -- A man who abducted his estranged wife from a Nebraska hair salon where she works set her free about 30 hours later, then shot and killed himself in a cornfield, authorities said Sunday.
Two more dolphins have turned up dead along New Jersey beaches.Officials with the Brigantine-based Marine Mammal Stranding Center tell The Press of Atlantic City that the dolphins were found Saturday in Sea Girt and Brigantine. That brings the statewide total to 68 since July 9.
School districts nationwide have scrambled this year to implement security measures they hope will help prevent tragedies like the Sandy Hook school massacre, but many have been stymied by a lack of state and federal resources, experts say.
When the fall term begins at Nazareth Area High School on Monday, one teacher will be conspicuous by his absence.Matthew Greene, a popular math teacher at the school 65 miles north of Philadelphia, vanished while on a backpacking trip in California last month.
A monstrous California wildfire that has charred an area roughly the size of Chicago was inching closer to the northwest flank of Yosemite National Park on Sunday, threatening thousands of rural homes, according to officials.
Tens of thousands of people flooded the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall on Saturday, the first stop in a week of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s watershed “I Have A Dream” address and the March on Washington.
The Federal Aviation Administration began an investigation Sunday into the crash of a small plane in Taunton, Mass. that reportedly killed two people.The crash happened at Taunton Municipal Airport at 6:30 a.m. local time Sunday, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen in a statement.
As people of faith and faith leaders across the country prepare for Labor Day weekend, many are planning to bring issues important to low-wage workers to the attention of their congregations and faith communities through Interfaith Worker Justice's Labor in the Pulpits/on the Bimah/in the Minbar program. Each year thousands of congregations talk about important worker justice issues affecting their community through the lens of their faith.
