Not even the desert is safe from the threat of wildfires across parts of the West where crews are battling wildland blazes in triple-digit heat.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
{FD} Penn State frat pledge death charges rest in hands of judge
A judge is set to announce whether he’s keeping alive charges against Penn State fraternity members linked to the death of a pledge whose agonizing night after a fall down stairs was captured by security cameras in February.
{FD} SECURITY THREAT? US alerted to seizure of Uranium mine in Africa
{FD} Turmoil in Venezuela to vie for Pope’s attention in Colombia
The brick-built Center for Migrants in Bogota opened its doors as a haven for families displaced by Colombia’s then-raging internal conflict.
{FD} Tropical Storm Lidia lashes Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts
Tropical Storm Lidia lashed Mexico’s resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula with heavy rains, as about 1,400 people sought refuge at storm shelters in the Los Cabos resorts.
{FD} Fire torches historic national park chalet in Montana
The main building of an historic, backcountry chalet in Glacier National Park in northern Montana burned in a wildfire Thursday evening.
{FD} Glenn Beck’s Blaze announces mass layoffs
Glenn Beck’s struggling media project the Blaze will be conducting mass layoffs in a bid to “keep pace with the massive changes” in the media industry.