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Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called the blazes burning through the area the "worst natural disaster our region has faced."
A man who was convicted of manslaughter for killing his father in 2010 was arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection to the largest of the three fires burning near Spokane, Washington. Firefighters say hundreds of structures have been destroyed so far. Kris Van Cleave has more.
NYTimes – US Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called the blazes burning through the area the "worst natural disaster our region has faced."
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called the blazes burning through the area the "worst natural disaster our region has faced."
Hundreds of structures damaged as firefighters battle to contain 15 major wildfires amid extreme heat and drought Firefighters in Washington state are battling wildfires that have forced 60,000 people to flee and destroyed hundreds of buildings as drought and extreme heat fuel an “extraordinary” fire season in the Pacific north-west. Fifteen major blazes are raging across the state, David Upthegrove, the head of Was…
NPR – US Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown says nearly half of the city's neighborhoods have either been evacuated or are at risk as the fires remain uncontained.
NYTimes – US Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spokane.
Wildfires in eastern Washington forced 5,000 home evacuations, destroyed about 600 buildings and continued to strain firefighting resources.
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport as she was departing for China, accusing her of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government by surveilling the son and family of Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te at the behest of Chinese officials. Lai condemned the alleged operation as a "barbaric" act and criticized China for disregarding human rights and suppressing personal freedoms.
BBC News – World A Gulfstream G100 medical transport plane carrying six people from Bermuda to Boston crashed off the coast of Massachusetts early Saturday. The US Coast Guard found debris near Nantucket and suspended its search for survivors on Sunday; all six are presumed dead.
NPR – US Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican U.S. House speaker, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care, a coroner said Monday. He was 84. Hastert represented Illinois in Congress for two decades and served as speaker from 1999 to 2007. He was later imprisoned in a hush-money case tied to sexual abuse allegations.
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