EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED AT YOSEMITE FIRE
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, members of the Roosevelt Interagency Hotshot crew, from Fort Collins, Colo., gear up for a controlled burn operation as they fight…
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SMOKE FROM SIERRA FIRE REACHES YOSEMITE VALLEY
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dense smoke from a wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park on Saturday hampered both suppression efforts and the prized views…
GOVERNMENT: PRISON MELEE LEAVES 30 DEAD IN BOLIVIA
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire,…
TOURISTS, RESIDENTS FLEE HUGE FIRE NEAR YOSEMITE
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one…
YOSEMITE-AREA WILDFIRE BALLOONS IN SIZE OVERNIGHT
By GOSIA WOZNIACKI U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., looks at the remains of a Lolo Creek home that was destroyed by the West Fork II fire when it swept down…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
BANGLADESH COLLAPSE FACTORIES IGNORED EVACUATION
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi people gather as rescuers look for survivors and victims at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh,Thursday, April 25, 2013.…
CRESTS APPROACHING IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN MIDWEST
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER A restaurant sits surrounded by floodwater Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Louisiana, Mo. Communities along the Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging…