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US Power Company To Pay $82.5 Million For California Wildfire
One of California's largest utilities is to pay the US Forest Service $82.5 million for a wildfire that burned tens of thousands of acres of woodland.
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US National Park Service Tells Visitors To Stop Licking Toads To Get High
Licking the toads has become prominent because of their psychedelic gland secretions.
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Ford Reveals Bronco Fire Rig Concept
The custom Bronco Wildland Fire Rig concept vehicle is inspired by vintage U.S. Forest Service Broncos and Filson's iconic materials. The Fire Rig concept serves as a model of future firefighting rigs based on the all-new Bronco four-door.
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Southern California Orders 82,000 People To Evacuate Over Wildfire
Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday, after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass to rapidly engulf 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) of terrain.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Firefighters Face High Winds Stoking Deadly Blazes in US Northwest
Crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were injured in Washington state.
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Thousands Battle California Wildfires, Some Snarl Traffic
Thousands of firefighters were battling nearly two dozen blazes across drought-parched California Saturday, while at least two of the infernos shut down miles of highway traffic, authorities and media said.
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Give Us This Whistle-Blower, Says Arvind Kejriwal to Centre
On his second day at work, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has taken a step that could escalate into a major confrontation with the union government.
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Trees Saving 850 Human Lives a Year in US: Study
Trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing almost 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory symptoms, says an estimate of air pollution removal by trees in the US by the US Forest Service scientists and collaborators.
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US Power Company To Pay $82.5 Million For California Wildfire
One of California's largest utilities is to pay the US Forest Service $82.5 million for a wildfire that burned tens of thousands of acres of woodland.
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US National Park Service Tells Visitors To Stop Licking Toads To Get High
Licking the toads has become prominent because of their psychedelic gland secretions.
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Aviation Authorities Prepare to Allow Drones to Fly ‘Beyond Line of Sight’; Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are working to relax rules that were imposed in civilian drones, to allow them to soar out of their pilots’ sight. A growing group of companies like Amazon and other delivery services, power firms, and others have been granted special permission to fly drones “beyond visual line of sight.” However,...
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Ford Reveals Bronco Fire Rig Concept
The custom Bronco Wildland Fire Rig concept vehicle is inspired by vintage U.S. Forest Service Broncos and Filson's iconic materials. The Fire Rig concept serves as a model of future firefighting rigs based on the all-new Bronco four-door.
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Southern California Orders 82,000 People To Evacuate Over Wildfire
Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday, after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass to rapidly engulf 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) of terrain.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Firefighters Face High Winds Stoking Deadly Blazes in US Northwest
Crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were injured in Washington state.
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Thousands Battle California Wildfires, Some Snarl Traffic
Thousands of firefighters were battling nearly two dozen blazes across drought-parched California Saturday, while at least two of the infernos shut down miles of highway traffic, authorities and media said.
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Give Us This Whistle-Blower, Says Arvind Kejriwal to Centre
On his second day at work, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has taken a step that could escalate into a major confrontation with the union government.
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Trees Saving 850 Human Lives a Year in US: Study
Trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing almost 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory symptoms, says an estimate of air pollution removal by trees in the US by the US Forest Service scientists and collaborators.
