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Man suspected of sparking California’s Park Fire arrested, accused of pushing burning car into gully
A man accused of starting the Park Fire in California — which had grown to over 164,000 acres as of Friday — was arrested Thursday morning at his home, according to the Butte County District Attorney's Office.
Vance defends ‘sarcastic’ ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks amid blowback
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Friday addressed the firestorm brewing around his recently resurfaced remarks that the country was being run by “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “sarcastic comment” and pivoting to attack Democrats as “antifamily.” “I know the media wants to attack me and wants me to back down on this, Megyn, but […]
Crews rescue two people trapped in car after it plunges off 75-foot embankment in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Fire and EMS said it rescued two people trapped in a car after it plunged off 75-foot embankment in Southeast D.C. in the early hours of Friday. Crews said the two people were rescued in the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Ave. First responders found the car through a fence […]
MPD searching for man accused of hitting officer with object during DC protest
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is working to identify a man who was accused of hitting a police officer with an object during a protest in Northeast, D.C. Police said just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, officers were assisting law enforcement partners in the Unit block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northeast. That’s […]
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking, study finds
(The Hill) – Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in […]
Harris campaign: Vance ‘already a disaster’ as Trump VP pick
Vice President Harris’s campaign is dubbing Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) a “disaster” as former President Trump’s choice of a running mate, suggesting Trump could be soon be regretting his decision. In an email with the subject line, “Buyer’s Remorse: Trump’s VP Pick Already a Disaster,” the Harris campaign highlighted that Vance has a net-negative rating, […]
Harvey Weinstein has COVID-19, pneumonia; moved from jail to hospital
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been transferred from a New York City jail to a hospital to undergo treatment for a variety of health problems including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said Thursday.
Wegmans ranked nationally as the second best supermarket
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The big — for most locations — brown store, was just shy of earning itself the title of #1 supermarket. An article by Newsweek listed the 2024 rankings for many retailers, scattered across multiple categories. “The America’s Best Retailers 2024 rankings were identified from the results of an independent survey of […]
Person sets fire to apartment in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Fire and EMS said a man allegedly set an apartment on fire in Southeast D.C. on Friday morning leaving four people displaced. Crews said they were dispatched to the 2100 block of Suitland Terrace for a working fire just before 9 a.m. on July 26. First responders said the […]
Woman hurt in Southeast DC shooting
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Officers in D.C. are investigating a shooting that left a woman hurt early Friday morning. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that just after 1 a.m., officers were called to the 100 block of Ridge Road, SE after gunshots were heard in the area. There, police located a woman suffering […]
Montgomery County PD drone program completes 1,000 flights, improves response times
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — It’s been almost a year since the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) launched its drone program, and now the department is celebrating a new milestone. In an announcement on Thursday, police shared that the Special Operations Division has completed 1,000 flights since its start in October 2023. Police […]
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