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Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the US Midwest and Northeast, prompting evacuations
Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week.More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada and winds are carrying the smoke southeast. Warnings about unhealthy air conditions Wednesday extended from Minnesota through Toronto and into New York. Unusually hot summer temperatures were expected, too.
The best advice is to stay indoors to avoid both the smoke and the extreme heat, said Tyler Hasenstein, meteorologist with the... Read More
Buffett says Gates' ties to Epstein are 'distasteful' but not why his fortune is going elsewhere
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday that his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates ' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Buffett told CNBC that Gates' association with Epstein was “distasteful," but the 95-year-old investor suggested that Gates' actions weren't much different from mistakes he himself had made over the years in hiring the wrong person or in choosing friends.
“No one... Read More
Jaxon Smith-Njigba voted the NFLâs top wide receiver by AP panel
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won the AP Offensive Player of the Year award and the Super Bowl last season before the Seattle Seahawks gave him the biggest contract for a wide receiver in NFL history.No surprise he was voted the NFL’s top wideout by The Associated Press in a preseason survey.
Smith-Njigba received four first-place votes, three thirds and a fourth from a panel of eight AP pro football writers, who ranked the top five receivers entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second- through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Rescuers keep searching for 3 people after a boat sank in San Francisco Bay, killing 1
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rescuers were still searching for three people missing after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said Wednesday.One person was pulled from the water but later died, and 16 others were rescued Tuesday afternoon after the boat took on water and capsized, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said. He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a dog also died.
Witnesses reported “rough seas,” the fire chief said, with rescuers... Read More
Lawmakers cast doubt on Kathryn Ruemmler's testimony about Epstein ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers said Kathryn Ruemmler, the former top lawyer at Goldman Sachs and White House counsel to President Barack Obama, was not being truthful Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, rejecting her testimony that Epstein had merely “used” her.Ruemmler in her opening remarks told members of the House Oversight Committee that “it was a mistake to deal with” Epstein, but she insisted she never witnessed criminal activity. She said Epstein “used me and other respectable people to legitimize his standing.”
Democrats emerged... Read More
Top Stories
- Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the US Midwest and Northeast, prompting evacuations
- Buffett says Gates' ties to Epstein are 'distasteful' but not why his fortune is going elsewhere
- Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone
- Blanche confronts skeptical questioning of fund, tax deal for Trump at Senate confirmation hearing
- Rescuers keep searching for 3 people after a boat sank in San Francisco Bay, killing 1
- ICE should keep making traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says
- Stocks drift on Wall Street as oil prices swing
- US reimposes blockade and steps up strikes as Iran threatens to halt Mideast energy exports
- More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo exceed 2,000, including 754 deaths
- Man arrested over threat to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
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- Tom Cruise, IShowSpeed and Post Malone join the World Cup closing ceremony's cast
- A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer's birth in Salzburg
- Latin and country surge in the US as more music is being streamed than ever before
- US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis
Sports
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba voted the NFLâs top wide receiver by AP panel
- England and Argentina make team changes for the World Cup semifinal
- Distance debate at this British Open is how far the golf ball goes on the ground
- Kylian Mbappé-led France falls flat in World Cup loss to Spain when hopes for a title were high