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Forest-thinning project saved homes but highlights obstacles
SISTERS, Ore. - Lightning started a forest fire one August afternoon near this Oregon tourist town, and it was spreading fast. Residents in outlying areas evacuated as flames marched toward their home...
Oct 16, 2017
Houses spared by massive fires bring joy and sense of loss
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Tom and Catherine Andrews live on the edge of devastation. On one side of their mid-century style home, the deadly wildfires that ravaged parts of Northern California for more tha...
Oct 16, 2017
California fire evacuees spend sleepless nights at shelters
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Barking dogs, loud snorers and a woman who appears to have dementia crying out every night. Trying to sleep on a cot in a shelter for fire evacuees is not easy. Nicole Lonefight s...
Oct 16, 2017
Trump voters in storm-ravaged county confront climate change
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - The church was empty, except for the piano too heavy for one man to move. It had been 21 days since the greatest storm Wayne Christopher had ever seen dumped a year’s worth ...
Oct 16, 2017
Malaysia rolls out red carpet for Qatar's emir
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia on Monday rolled out the red carpet for Qatar’s emir, who is on his first trip to Southeast Asia four months after a diplomatic crisis erupted between his natio...
Oct 16, 2017
Trump tax plan paints pretty picture for art collectors
WASHINGTON - For art aficionados, President Donald Trump’s tax plan paints a pretty picture. The president’s tax overhaul proposal - which he has pitched as a boost for hardworking farmers...
Oct 16, 2017
Survey: Manufacturing in New York accelerated in October
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing activity in New York picked up this month, expanding at the fastest pace in three years. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that its Empire State manufacturing...
Oct 16, 2017
Authorities suspend search for missing worker after blast
KENNER, La. - Authorities have suspended the search Monday for a Texas man who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans. Seven people were injured in the Sunday nig...
Oct 16, 2017
Army Sgt. Bergdahl pleads guilty to deserting his post
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and held by the Taliban for five years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and endangering ...
Oct 16, 2017
In Madagascar, plague outbreak now threatens largest cities
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus wi...
Oct 16, 2017