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California water regulators unveiled a revised framework for managing the Bay-Delta watershed that seeks to protect fish habitats while maintaining water deliveries to communities across the state. The State Water Resources Control Board's proposal incorporates Gov. Gavin Newsom's Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program, marking the first significant overhaul of water management rules in the region since 1995. The initiative allows water agencies, farmers, and other users to enter into cooperative partnerships rather than face traditional regulatory mandates. "I am proud to see the Health

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Community library in El Sereno offers tools, books, and belonging

Father of Georgia school shooter had letter from son ‘asking for forgiveness’ on day of the shooting, testimony reveals

Firefighters rescue family trapped by fallen tree; home declared total loss

SYLVA, North Carolina (WLOS) -- A Sylva woman is sharing her story after a massive tree came crashing down on her home during a powerful thunderstorm Thursday afternoon.That woman, Autumn Richards, said she and five of her family members, including her six-year-old granddaughter, were all inside their home on Chickadee Lane when it happened.Richards explained that they were all in separate parts of the home when the tree came down.“I felt it in the floor and the lights flickered twice. Then a loud crash. I thought the whole house was gone. I came running out, screami

Man accused of stealing garbage truck, crashing on bridge after chase

Police officer detained by ICE is being held at Massachusetts facility

Grand Canyon fire grows into a megafire and creates its own weather. It’s not done yet

The wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim became a “megafire” this week, doubling in size in just a few days and intensifying enough to create its own weather.Hostile weather conditions including intense, dry heat and gusty winds drove the Dragon Bravo Fire’s explosive growth and erased much of the containment progress made by fire crews.The northern Arizona fire has burned through nearly 112,000 acres since igniting on July 4 and was 8% contained as of Friday morning, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. It’s the largest fire currently burning in the lower

Final day of NTSB hearing on DC midair collision: investigators press for answers on what could have prevented crash

'So thankful': Doctors perform rare procedure to safely deliver baby girl

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Police say 3 people were fatally shot at a Target in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained

A gunman opened fire Monday in a Target store parking lot in the Texas capital, killing at least three people, then stole two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect is a man in his 30s with “a mental health history.” Davis said the suspect fled the scene in a stolen car, wrecked that car then stole another from a dealership. He was captured in south Austin, where he was taken into custody, she said during a news conference.

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Trump says he’ll be feeling out Putin as US officials rush to finalize details of Alaska summit

President Donald Trump framed his Friday summit with Vladimir Putin as a moment to feel out the Russian leader’s parameters for ending the war in Ukraine and acknowledged it would take further meetings to strike a final peace deal.“I think it’ll be good,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “But it might be bad.”It was the clearest picture yet of what Trump hopes to accomplish Friday in Alaska, where urgent preparations are now underway for the first US-Russia leaders summit in more than four years. Trump, who once promised to end the war in Ukraine within a day of t

Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard

4 children and 2 adults are killed when fire rips through a house in Maryland

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Pawol breaks gender barrier, earns good reviews for her work behind the plate on historic weekend

Jen Pawol breezed through Sunday's Marlins-Braves game as if breaking a gender barrier was just another day on the job. Considering Pawol became the first female umpire to work behind the plate in the majors, making unprecedented history appear to be routine was especially impressive. “I think Jen did a really nice job,” Miami manager Clayton McCullough said after Atlanta's 7-1 win over the Marlins. “I think she’s very composed back there. She handled and managed the game very well. And big day for her. Big day for Major League Baseball. I co

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Explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 1 dead, 1 missing, 10 injured

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one person dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facilty, with emergency workers still searching the badly charred rubble for a missing worker, officials said. One worker was pulled from the wreckage hours after the explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century. Allegheny County Emergency Services said a fire at the plant started around 10:51 a.m. A search and rescue effort was still ac

Vance calls out Democrats over Epstein files, reignites push for transparency

Europeans fear being a footnote in history as Putin looks to strike deal with Trump

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Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him

As a ceasefire in Gaza took hold in January, Anas Al-Sharif began removing his protective gear live on television, piece by piece, while a jubilant crowd cheered, hoping the day marked the end of the suffering of 2 million Palestinians in the enclave.Nearly seven months later, Israel killed the Al Jazeera journalist and four of his colleagues in a strike in Gaza City.One of the most well-known Palestinian journalists in Gaza – and one of dozens to be killed by Israel during the war – Al-Sharif’s death has ignited international condemnation and calls for accountability.The 28-year-old ros

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Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the season

Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday morning in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and forecasters expect it to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season this week.Located west of Africa’s Cabo Verde islands as of Monday afternoon, Erin is the fifth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic season. It has sustained winds of 45 mph and is expected to gradually strengthen in the coming days. It could become a hurricane as soon as Wednesday evening.The system is tracking west through a portion of the Atlantic known as the “main development region” that stretches from Africa’s west coast to the Caribb

French nuclear plant shuts down due to swarm of jellyfish in cooling systems

Macron slams disaster waiting to happen in Gaza, wants UN mission

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Colombia senator Uribe dies after being shot at campaign rally in June

Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who was hospitalized after being shot at a campaign event more than two months ago, has died, his wife announced on Monday. He was 39.Uribe, a potential presidential candidate from the right-wing opposition, was shot in the head during a rally in Bogota, Colombia’s capital, on June 7.The hospital where Uribe was being treated, the Santa Fe de Bogota Foundation, said the senator died in the early hours of Monday morning. On Saturday, it had warned that he was in “critical condition” due to a “hemorrhagic episode in the ce

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Israel kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed seven people including five staff members from the news network Al Jazeera, in an attack condemned by press freedom advocates and the United Nations human rights office.The Israeli military said it targeted and killed Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif – a prominent journalist who has extensively covered the war from inside Gaza – after accusing him of leading a Hamas cell, an allegation Al-Sharif and his network had previously denied.Al Jazeera said correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and photojournalists Ibrahim Al Thaher and Moamen

Fire breaks out on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh’s famous dormant volcano

Colorado prison evacuated as growing wildfire becomes one of the largest in state history

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New ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report to be released in weeks

FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime

In justifying a federal take over of policing in Washington, D

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Madonna asks Pope Leo to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’

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Trump's order to deploy troops in DC is his latest use of the National Guard in cities

President Donald Trump has ordered 800 National Guard members to help law enforcement fight crime in Washington

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10 million Americans will go uninsured due to Trump tax and spend law, CBO estimates

Ten million more Americans will be uninsured in the next decade due to changes in President Donald Trump's tax and spend law, according to an estimate by the