ATLANTIC BEACH, Carteret County — The Atlantic Beach Fire Department is organizing a Red Cross, Battle of the Badges blood drive on Thursday, February 13, 2025. It's all happening from 2 p.m. to ...

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - This was the 29th year for the annual Heroes Behind the Badges blood drive, which allows the community to make donations on behalf of either the Sioux Falls Fire ...

Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...

What are the pink and purple badges being worn by MPs? The badges are to commemorate world Holocaust Memorial Day which takes place on Monday, January 27. Holocaust Memorial Day encourages a day ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

In San Diego County, the Friars Fire erupted on Tuesday near a shopping mall, prompting immediate evacuation orders as the flames quickly spread. Southern California faces another round of extreme ...

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Click here for the latest Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 updates. A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials said.

Turkiye has arrested nine people in connection with Tuesday’s fire at a ski resort hotel that killed 76 people. The arrests, announced by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Wednesday ...