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Pickett fire chars Napa wine country while predicted thunderstorms add to danger of Oregon’s Flat fireWildfires raging in northern California wine country and central Oregon have destroyed multiple homes and threatened thousands more as hot, dry weather created challenges for firefighters battles the blazes.Ten structures – including four homes – have been destroyed in Oregon’s Deschutes County as of Monday, where a wildfire dubbed the Flat fire continues to burn. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/california-oregon-pickett-flat-wildfires Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2025-08-25 17:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Man, who is in his 30s, was also detained over alleged offence of ‘non-consensual intimate image abuse’A Strictly Come Dancing star has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to reports.The man in his 30s, who has not been named, was also detained over a separate alleged offence of “non-consensual intimate image abuse”, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/25/strictly-come-dancing-star-arrested-on-suspicion-of-met-police-say Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2025-08-25 15:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rangers cleared about 2,377 marijuana plants and 2,000lbs of trash and hazardous chemicals from Sequoia parkPark rangers have removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in California’s Sequoia national park spanning approximately 13 acres (5 hectares).In a press release on Thursday, the National Park Service said that it had removed a total of 2,377 full-grown marijuana plants and approximately 2,000lbs of trash and infrastructure last week by hand and helicopter sling-load operations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/illegal-marijuana-plants-removed-sequoia-national-park Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-08-25 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Illinois attorney general says president’s actions are ‘un-American’ and there is no emergency as Pentagon official confirms plans to send troops to cityRahm Emanuel, a Democratic former Illinois congressman, chief of staff to former president Barack Obama, and a former mayor of Chicago, also appeared on CNN on Sunday urging people to reflect that Trump, in two terms of office, had only ever deployed US troops in American cities, never overseas.Emanuel said if he was still mayor he would call on the president to act like a partner and, although crime was coming down, to “work with us on public