River Rock casino offers cheap stays for firefighters

A wildfire burns near the Westminster highway on Department of Defense land in Richmond, B.C. on Friday July 27, 2018. Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/BC Wildfire Service A suspected international money launderer has been arrested at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, where he was found be living temporarily The River Rock Casino Resort for is offering firefighters a cheap rate for weekday stays in October and November to thank them for their work battling summer wildfires.

Border patrol agenta s gender reveal party ignited a 47,000-acre wildfire

An off-duty border patrol agent wanted an explosive gender reveal party for his family and friends, but he ended up igniting a wildfire that spread to Coronado National Forest in Arizona. Dennis Dickey, 37, of Tucson, Arizona, has to pay more than $8 million in restitution, starting with a $100,000 initial payment and monthly payments thereafter, the Department of Justice said in a statement.

Verizon fire phone snag cited by net neutrality bill backers

Just days before the Legislature is to consider a controversial net neutrality bill regulating internet service providers, a Verizon lawyer told lawmakers that those kinds of regulations are “very unrelated” to a recent incident in which his company slowed down data speeds for Bay Area firefighters actively battling a major fire. Verizon testified before an Assembly committee Friday in Sacramento, explaining why and how it “throttled” the Santa Clara County Fire Department earlier this summer during the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest wildfire in state history.

Verizon makes changes as lawmakers decry firefighters’ woes

In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire near Ladoga, Calif. A nationwide telecommunications company that slowed internet service to firefighters as they battled the largest wildfire in California history says it has removed all speed cap restrictions for first responders on the West Coast.

In one tweet, Trump confuses everything about California bushfires

Los Angeles: No one would mistake President Donald Trump for an expert on climate change or water policy, but a tweet he issued late Sunday about California's bushfires deserves some sort of award for most glaring misstatements about those two issues in the smallest number of words. Trump blamed the fires on "bad environmental laws which aren't allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilised."

Walden presses Congress for fire prevention

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden said he is looking to congressional colleagues and agencies including the U.S. Forest Service to provide future relief from wildfire smoke, which had only slightly improved this week by the time of his Tuesday press conference in Medford. Standing in front of an orange S-64 Aircrane helicopter flanked by county commissioners from Jackson and Josephine counties, Walden detailed legislative work he was involved in prior to Congress' summer recess to address wildfire prevention in the House version of the farm bill.

FIRST: Manafort trial to test Mueller probe; Trump open to…

FOX NEWS FIRST: Manafort trial to test Mueller probe; Trump open to Iran meeting with 'no preconditions' Jury selection in the federal bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort begins Tuesday in Virginia, and the trial represents a major test for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation Rudy Giuliani tells FOX News' Sean Hannity that Trump's legal team is leaning toward ignoring Mueller's questions, saying they don't believe prosecutors have a 'legitimate' investigation A Northern California wildfire is now one of the state's most destructive as authorities also battle other blazes across the region CBS has chosen not to take immediate action against CEO Les Moonves amid sexual harassment allegations after a board meeting Monday and is seeking outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation THE LEAD STORY - MANAFORT ... (more)

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A 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren died in a mobile home leveled by the wind-driven wildfire ravishing Northern California near Redding, raising the death toll now at six. More than 3,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, which grew over the weekend to 140 square miles and was just 5 percent contained Sunday.

5 Killed Including 2 Children and Their Great-Great Grandmother in California Wildfires

The United States federal government has approved aid for the state of California to help battle a devastating blaze that has engulfed nearly 81,000 acres of land and has killed at least five people. Today, President Donald Trump "ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a wildfire beginning on July 23." Because of this, the Federal Emergency Management Agency "is authorized to identify, mobilize and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency."

Authorities say Texas mall an active shooting scene

Gutierrez Alonzo was deported from United Stat... . FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018 file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, accompanied by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, center, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speaks at a news conference... The city of Chicago says it has agreed to a plan to carry out far-reaching police reforms under federal court supervision.

The Latest: Trump declaresemergency in California wildfires

The Latest on wildfires burning in California : 11 a.m. President Donald Trump has issued an emergency declaration for California allowing counties affected by wildfires to receive federal assistance. A White House statement issued Saturday says the declaration allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide necessary equipment and resources.

First noise, now odor: Windows near airports cause problems

Lutheran Social Services said they were expecting reunited families separated at the border when apprehended entering ... The Trump administration says more than 1,800 children have been reunited with their families by the Thursday deadline, but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families. The Trump administration says more than 1,800 children have been reunited with their families by the Thursday deadline, but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families.

Funerals set for last 5 of 9 relatives killed in sinking

Nine members of the Coleman f... . Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry is comforted after speaking during the funeral of Glenn Coleman, Reece Coleman, Evan Coleman and Arya Coleman, Friday, July 27, 2018, in Indianapolis.

With hugs, leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea restore relations

Michael Pfleger, center, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins, right, led hundreds in a march down Michigan Avenue, carrying crosses for ... Protesters plan to shut down a major Chicago interstate on Saturday in an effort to increase pressure on public officials to address the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest... Protesters plan to shut down a major Chicago interstate on Saturday in an effort to increase pressure on public officials to address the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.