New Mexico State

Ruidoso, NM

Columbus, OH

Oregon State

Seneca, OR

NBC News

A pilot has been found dead after the air tanker he was flying crashed near the scene of a wildfire in Oregon, authorities said Friday. The Bureau of Land Management had contracted with the pilot flying the single-engine air tanker that was assisting with the Falls Fire, officials posted Friday on Facebook page dedicated to providing updates on several wildfires.

Pilot of air tanker that went missing fighting Oregon wildfire is found dead

Arizona State

The Independent

A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a wildfire that destroyed thousands of acres of tribal land in Arizona earlier this month.Officials arrested Keanu Dude on Tuesday for arson charges in connection to the Watch Fire, which scorched more than 2,000 acres of San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation land, Arizona Family reports. Dude has been connected to a burning of an American flag just before the fire sparked, San Carlos Apache Tribe Police Chief Elliot Sneezy told the outlet. No injuries or deaths were reported, but the blaze destroyed 21 houses and 13 other buildings, leaving more than...

Suspect accused of lighting American flag on fire that sparked a wildfire that destroyed 2,000 acres and 21 homes

Maryland State

Stockton, CA

Fox News

California police have arrested an illegal immigrant in connection with a deadly house fire that killed a mom and two of her three of her children last month.

Illegal deported 3 times returns to California and lights deadly house fire with mom, children inside: source

Latin Times

Mexican authorities found what they suspect is a tunnel used to smuggle drugs into the U.S. in Tijuana after receiving an anonymous tip. The country's National Guard arrived at a yard used by food trucks to find someone digging in the property. Baja California's Secretary of Public Safety, Leopoldo Tizoc...

Suspected drug tunnel connecting Tijuana and the U.S. found after anonymous tip

New York Post

An Arizona tribe member named Keanu Dude has been accused of starting a huge wildfire — one that eventually burned over 2,200 acres and left dozens of people homeless — by torching an American flag.

Dude, a 22-year-old member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly starting the Watch Fire, which burned 3.4 square miles, destroyed 21 homes and forced more than 400 people to evacuate reservation land before finally being contained last week, officials said.

He was seen burning an American flag just before the raging wildfire started, the tribe’s police chief, Elliot Sneezy, told Arizona Family,...

Apache tribe member accused of sparking huge Arizona wildfire by burning American flag

Texas State

Knewz

Authorities in Texas literally “struck gold” when a traffic stop on a Michigan-registered vehicle led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals—who were hiding around 20 gold bars worth somewhere between $200,000 to $250,000. Knewz.com has learned that the two Chinese individuals have been identified as 25-year-old Weijian Chen and 46-year-old Wenqiang Lin. The arrest […]

2 Chinese Nationals Arrested in East Texas Hiding 20 Gold Bars Worth $250K

Wisconsin State

Business Insider

"Kamala Harris is obviously not struggling in the same ways that Joe Biden did," Vance said of the presumptive Democratic nominee.

JD Vance admitted in private that Biden getting swapped out for Harris was like a 'political sucker punch'

A 65-year-old man has been found dead on a beach in Spain after conducting some sort of strange ritual. The peculiar and disturbing case saw the body of a man being found behind some rocks on La Fosca beach to the north of the Costa Brava resort of Palamos near Girona, Spain this week.

Mystery as man dies on beach after performing 'black magic' ritual

The suspected drug-smuggling tunnel found last week in Tijuana, in northern Mexico, is so long that authorities haven't been able to find the exit point without oxygen tanks. Baja California's Secretary of Public Safety, Leopoldo Tizoc Aguilar Durán, said his team is in the process of getting the tanks to finish the investigation.

Suspected drug-smuggling tunnel found in Tijuana is so long authorities don't have enough oxygen to reach other end

California State

California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger.The Park Fire's intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Fire, which burned out of control in nearby Paradise in 2018, killing 85 people and torching 11,000 homes.More than 130 structures have been destroyed by this fire so far, and thousands more are threatened as evacuations were ordered in four counties — Butte, Plumas, Tehama and Shasta. It stood at 374 square miles (967 square kilometers)...

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring residents. One inferno has reportedly destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah. Another has scorched more than 360,000 acres of California – an area larger than the city of Phoenix. Here’s the latest:

A historic mining community is decimated as the Park Fire and other massive wildfires rage in the Western United States

Chicago, IL

A woman was found dead at Chicago O’Hare International Airport early Thursday after a person was reported trapped in machinery, officials said. Shortly before 2:30 a.m., the woman was discovered “unresponsive and was pronounced on scene” in the 0-100 block of West Terminal Street, police said in a short statement.

Woman found dead at Chicago's O'Hare Airport after report of person trapped in machinery

San Francisco, CA

CBS San Francisco

A towing company in San Francisco's Hunters Point was the subject of an FBI raid that took place Thursday morning.The agency confirmed to CBS News Bay Area that it was conducting what it called "court-authorized law enforcement activity" at Specialty Towing on the 2000 block of Oakdale Avenue, near Interstate Highway 280.Around 6 a.m., Annette Scott and her husband, who live nearby, were woken up by what sounded like fireworks."The FBI people were parked across the street with their Army trucks and their Army helmets and they're uniforms on and their guns drawn. And these loud noises with these loud...

FBI agents raid San Francisco towing company

Law & Crime

A San Carlos Apache tribe member allegedly lit an American flag on fire, sparking a brushfire that spread to 2,000 acres over seven days on reservation land and left more than 70 people homeless.
The post Arsonist burned American flag, igniting devastating brush fire that prompted evacuations and destroyed homes: Cops first appeared on Law & Crime.

Arsonist burned American flag, igniting devastating brush fire that prompted evacuations and left more than 70 homeless: Cops

Parts of the popular tourist town of Jasper in Canada have been fully destroyed as a wildfire continues to ravage the historic alpine resort and the surrounding national park.

On Wednesday, authorities reported more than 170 blazes across the western province of Alberta, prompted by a lightning storm, fuelled by powerful wind gusts.

Officials say the fire was 5km outside of Jasper when powerful winds pushed it to the town in less than 30 minutes.

And given the speed and intensity of the blaze, fire crews working to protect key infrastructure were ordered to retreat.

“Today has been an exceptionally difficult day for Jasperites,...

Parts of popular tourist town ‘burned to the ground’ by wildfires in Canada: ‘Significant loss’

California is facing its largest fire of the season, with hundreds of thousands of acres engulfed in flames spreading over multiple counties. Authorities believe the fire was man-made after a suspect was spotted pushing a flaming car into a ravine. NBC News’ Steve Patterson has the fires besieging the West Coast.

Massive California fire engulfs hundreds of thousands of acres

Morristown, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a widespread "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

16 Charged in Nationwide 'Grandparent Scam'; Millions Stolen

Chico, CA

In just several hours, the Park Fire in California exploded from a 162 ha (400 acres) fire to more than 58 750 ha (145 000 acres) massive inferno, consuming everything in its path. One person has been arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze. The Park Fire broke out Wednesday...

California’s Park Fire explodes into massive ‘inferno consuming everything in its path’

Authorities in Northern California arrested a man after allegations he deliberately set a car ablaze and consequently sparked the state's largest fire of the year. A witness alleged that 42-year-old Ronnie Stout lit his mother's vehicle aflame Wednesday, July 24, and pushed it off an embankment near Chico's Bidwell Park, The Washington Post reported.

Man arrested after intentionally starting 160,000-plus-acre wildfire engulfing California: 'Consuming everything in its path'

Illinois State

Sangamon County, IL

Springfield, IL

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday said the sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey had failed at his job and should resign. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell has resisted calls to resign, telling NBC News in an interview last week that Sean Grayson, the deputy who killed Massey in her home in Springfield last month, was solely responsible for her death.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker says sheriff whose deputy killed Sonya Massey should resign

Alto, NM

Ruidoso Downs, NM

Nogal, NM

Mescalero, NM

Glencoe, NM

Fort Stanton, NM

Capitan, NM

San Patricio, NM

Lincoln, NM

Bent, NM

Hondo, NM

Carrizozo, NM

Tinnie, NM

Tularosa, NM

Picacho, NM

La Luz, NM

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Shoe prints lead FBI to suspect man and woman of being involved in multiple New Mexico wildfires

A federal search for a pair of Vans sneakers revealed a man and his girlfriend's may have been involved in at least six New Mexico wildfires,...

Shoe prints lead FBI to suspect man and woman of being involved in multiple New Mexico wildfires

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