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Brush Fire Burns in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan

The blaze in the park, at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey over the past week.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago

FBI offering $25K for ballot box fires information

The FBI is offering up to $25,000 to anyone who can provide information for identifying the suspect involved in setting fire to ballot boxes in Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Ore., according to an ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Emergency drought warning in New Jersey as fire rages

A fire is burning along the New Jersey-New York border as an emergency drought warning emerges. CBS News' Tom Hanson has the latest.

How dry conditions are fueling Northeast fires

Some Northeastern states have not seen the dry conditions fueling the current wildfires in nearly 120 years. The largest is burning along the New York-New Jersey border. CBS News national ...

Ten dead in fire at Spanish care home

The fire broke out in the town of Villafranca de Ebro in north-eastern Spain.

At least 10 killed in nursing home fire in Spain

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Ten newborns killed in hospital fire in northern India

The fire broke out in a neonatal ward at a hospital in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday night.

Ten Newborns Die in India Hospital Fire

The deadly episode was reportedly caused by a short circuit. Hospital fires are not uncommon in India, which lags in fire preparedness and building safety.

World - The New York Times - 18 hours ago

Oregon State, Washington State to play twice in '25

Oregon State and Washington State, needing to fill their schedules as quasi-independents again next season before the Pac-12 expands in 2026, will play each other twice in 2025, the first time that ...

Sports - ESPN - October 23

The state of the 2024 race in two major battleground states

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump spent Thursday in battleground states Arizona and Nevada to try to court voters less than a week from Election Day. CBS News executive ...

Ohio State wins 'crossroads' game at Penn State

Ohio State (7-1, 4-1) kept its hopes alive for a spot in the Big Ten championship game by beating the Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-1) for the eighth straight time.

Sports - ESPN - November 2

A blaze burns down a brand-new fire station in Germany that lacked fire alarms

Local reports say a brand-new fire station that burned down in a blaze that caused millions of euros in damage did not have a fire alarm system

World - ABC News - October 18

Israel continues Lebanon offensive, Hezbollah fires more projectiles as cease-fire hopes dwindle

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the killing of Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar provides a real opportunity to bring home the Israelis still held in Gaza, but CBS News foreign correspondent ...

The pressures on Britain’s state, in charts

Ageing population is a great policy achievement but the higher costs demand tax increases and improved growth

World - Financial Times - October 30

Texas State of Mind

From the Chihuahuan Desert to the Pineywoods, what are voters across the Lone Star State thinking about as they cast their ballots?

Donald Trump’s Trusted Overcoat Makes an Appearance

Temperatures fell this weekend, and Donald Trump reached for a familiar sartorial security blanket on the last leg of his campaign trail.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 4

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