Butte County, CA

<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Mj1e6_0uoQ8k5C00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Mj1e6_0uoQ8k5C00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>Crews are still working to contain the Park Fire, which has been raging for two weeks and has burned more than 400,000 acres. CBS News' Dave Malkoff reports from Butte County, California, and CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch has the latest weather update for the West.</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

Columbus, OH

California State

CBS News

Over 80 large wildfires are burning across 11 states, including California's massive Park Fire. The fire is now 31% contained, but temperatures are expected to remain in the triple digits this week, making it more dangerous for the firefighters battling the blaze.

Firefighters make progress against northern California's Park Fire

NBC News

The Park Fire in Northern California has scorched 70,000 acres and has forced hundreds to evacuate. Authorities blamed an arsonist for setting the fire and arrested a suspect. Fires were also burning in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports.

Northern California wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate

Colorado State

ABC News

The biggest wildfire in the nation right now, the Park Fire in Northern California, continued to rage Monday, officials said.

Massive California fire threatening 4,700 structures as new blaze ignites in Colorado

There is some good news from northern California, where firefighters appear to be making progress against the Park Fire, one of the largest in state history. Still, more than 80 large wildfires are actively burning across 11 states. CBS News correspondent Dave Malkoff has more.

Progress made on Park Fire, but several other wildfires burning in western U.S.

The Independent

 Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the fire-stricken West.“We're not completely out of the woods yet, but we're looking very, very good,” CalFire official Mark Brunton said in a video update Saturday. “This is moving at a very fast pace.”Containment of the Park Fire, now California's fourth-largest wildfire on record, is at 27% as of early Saturday. Brunton said the relatively milder weather the last few days...

Firefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of thunderstorms, lightning

Firefighters in El Dorado County, California tried to put out a wildfire that surrounded an airport, as the heat wave continues across the west coast state. Fire crews could be seen dropping water and fire retardant powders from planes and helicopters in a bid to stop the fires from spreading.

California airport engulfed by wildfires

Florida State

Hurricane Debby brought more than powerful winds and storm surge to Florida — packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million also made landfall, officials said, marking the latest in a string of recent discoveries of drugs along Florida shores.Debby, which slammed into the state as a Category 1 hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, washed the drugs ashore in the Florida Keys, U.S. Border Patrol acting chief patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II wrote on social media."Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine (70 lbs.) onto a beach in the Florida Keys," Briggs wrote, posting two...

Hurricane Debby blows cocaine worth $1 million onto Florida beach

South Carolina State

Georgia State

Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane after slamming into Florida on Monday. Some forecasters are predicting record-setting rainfall for parts of Georgia and South Carolina as Debby makes its way north and east. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from Charleston.

Georgia, South Carolina brace for Tropical Storm Debby

Tropical Storm Debby made landfall along Florida's west coast as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least five people and bringing more than a foot of rain. The storm now heads north as Georgia and the Carolinas prepare for more rain and flooding. Tom Hanson and Cristian Benavides report.

Debby wreaks havoc in Florida, heads to Georgia and the Carolinas

Authorities killed on Monday a large crocodile thought responsible for Australia's second fatal attack in a month.The latest victim was a 40-year-old man from New South Wales state who had been fishing on Saturday while on vacation with his wife and children, traveling through Queensland state with a trailer, according to police. Government conservation officer Daniel Guymer said the man fell into the Annan River south of Cooktown. His body has not been recovered.Cooktown resident Bart Harrison said the steep bank had collapsed underneath the victim's feet, sending him more than 20 feet into the river which is renowned as...

Crocodile believed responsible for killing man on vacation with family

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The Guardian

Nearly 100 wildfires are burning, including massive wildfire in California that has become fifth-largest in state history

Human remains found in burned house in Colorado as wildfires torch US west

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

San Francisco, CA

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will leave behind its San Francisco headquarters, more than a decade after the one-time social media juggernaut first opened in the heart of Silicon Valley. Suggested Reading. The company is expected to migrate to existing offices in San Jose “over the next few...

X is closing its San Francisco headquarters — but not leaving California

Detroit, MI

Port Huron, MI

CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) - A 42-year-old Canadian man was arrested after authorities seized 266 pounds of cocaine from a semi-truck he was driving at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron. The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office says Juli Sabosan Sathiaseelan was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations discovered the cocaine around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 1 at the Blue Water Bridge. Sathiaseelan, the semi-tractor and trailer and the evidence were turned over to the St. Clair County Drug Task Force, which is partnering with Homeland Security Investigations on the investigation. "Our partnerships with other law enforcement agencies from local to federal are absolutely essential in keeping drugs out of our community. The Drug Task Force's impact goes far beyond the confines of the Sheriff's Office," said St. Clair County Sheriff Mat King in a statement. Sathiaseelan was arraigned and is being held at the St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center on a $3 million bond. 


Canadian man arrested after more than 250 pounds of cocaine seized at Blue Water Bridge

Lumberton, NC

As Tropical Storm Debby heads north, the heavy rain brings with it the potential for catastrophic flooding in parts of Georgia and North and South Carolina. And the threat of major inland flooding from these storms appears to be growing. Hurricane Matthew sucker punched Lumberton, North Carolina, back in 2016....

North Carolina community devastated by flooding from 2 prior storms braces for Debby

Houston, TX

A Frontier pilot was handcuffed on board an aircraft in Houston and removed by Houston Police ahead of the flight's scheduled departure, officials confirmed on Saturday. The pilot was removed from Flight 3195 ahead of its planned departure from Houston to Dallas. Houston police identified the pilot as Seymour Walker, 45, who was wanted on an assault-family violence warrant.Law enforcement said they waited until the plane arrived at a specific gate at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport about 4 p.m. local time. When all passengers deplaned, officers boarded the aircraft and took the pilot into "custody without incident," police said. Frontier Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement to CBS News, saying "The activity occurred prior to the start of boarding for Flight 3195 scheduled from IAH to Dallas Forth Worth (DFW). A replacement crew member was not immediately available and therefore the flight was canceled."Passengers were offered a full refund, credit, or a spot on the next available Frontier flight.  "Airlines report incidents such as this to the FAA office that oversees them, and we investigate all pilot-related issues," the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. 


Frontier pilot arrested onboard aircraft in Houston

A federal judge ruled against tech giant Google in a major antitrust case on Monday. The ruling says the company acted illegally to maintain a monopoly of its search engine. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins to unpack the decision.

Google maintained illegal search engine monopoly, judge rules

Savannah, GA

Savannah Mayor Van R. Johnson II tells CBS News that Hurricane Debby could unleash as much as 30 inches of rain in some areas in the coming days – an amount in many areas that "means obliteration," Johnson said, adding, "It is forecast to be a historic event for Savannah."

Hurricane Debby rainfall "means obliteration" for some parts of Savannah, Georgia, mayor says

Crews are still working to contain the Park Fire, which has been raging for two weeks and has burned more than 400,000 acres. CBS News' Dave Malkoff reports from Butte County, California, and CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch has the latest weather update for the West.

Park Fire still raging two weeks since it began

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