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Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea
Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, ...
Family likely infected with fungal disease after bat-filled cave tour: CDC
Twelve of 13 members of one family fell ill upon returning to the United States from a Costa Rica trip in late December. A ...
Disabled woman cooped up for 42 days in a Virginia hotel room freed
A Virginia woman in a wheelchair who had been stuck on the top floor of a four-story hotel for 42 days is finally able to go ...
Venezuelans head to the polls as opposition calls for boycotts and the government tightens grip
As Venezuelans head to a Sunday election, they are again being used as political pawns. Opposition factions are urging ...
Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign ...
F1 hopes extra pit stops bring more excitement in the glamorous but dull Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix may be “the jewel in Formula 1’s crown” but the race itself is rarely must-see TV. Sometimes, it’s ...
Norwegian man wakes up, finds grounded cargo ship narrowly missed his home
Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he’d slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ...
China criticizes US ban on Harvard’s international students
The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration’s move to ban international students from Harvard would harm ...
Trump ratchets up battle with Harvard, foreign students: 5 takeaways
The administration’s battle with Harvard has escalated rapidly since it sent a letter to Harvard on April 11 insisting on a ...
Holy cow! Pato O’Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreak
Pato O’Ward learned this week that it behooves Indianapolis 500 drivers to take part in the rookie tradition of milking a cow if they ever want to drink the stuff in ...
Iran and the US holding a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue
Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday ...
Brazil’s JBS asks shareholders to overlook opposition and approve a US stock listing
Making meat is a messy business. But for Brazilian meat giant JBS, getting approval to trade its shares on the New York Stock Exchange has been even messier. Environmentalists, animal rights ...