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Wildfires break out across California: Latest fire and smoke maps

Wildfires break out across California: Latest fire and smoke maps

ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to be the biggest in the state this year.There are currently 11 wildfires over 1,000 acres burning in California, according to Cal Fire. The largest of those is the Park Fire, burning in Butte and…read more »

Top Sinaloa cartel leaders, including son of El Chapo, taken into US custody: DOJ

Top Sinaloa cartel leaders, including son of El Chapo, taken into US custody: DOJ

Andrew Brookes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group’s vast drug trafficking enterprise, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of…read more »

Manhattan DA asks judge not to throw out Trump’s criminal hush money conviction

Manhattan DA asks judge not to throw out Trump’s criminal hush money conviction

Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) –Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday asked a New York judge to reject former President Donald Trump’s attempt to throw out his criminal hush money conviction, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity “has nothing to say about defendant’s conviction.”Trump earlier this month asked Judge Juan…read more »

Ex-deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey was discharged from the Army for serious misconduct

Ex-deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey was discharged from the Army for serious misconduct

Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The Illinois deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home while responding to her 911 call was discharged from the U.S. Army for “misconduct (serious offense),” according to documents obtained by ABC News.Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy, was discharged on February 24, 2016, after beginning…read more »

Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says

NASA via AP(NEW YORK) — Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut-crewed capsule, which launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5, remains docked at the station with no official return date, NASA said Thursday.”We don’t have a major announcement today relative to a return date,” NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich said during a…read more »

Officials charge man for starting California wildfire that has burned more than 71,000 acres

Officials charge man for starting California wildfire that has burned more than 71,000 acres

Oregon Department of Transportation via AP(CHICO, Calif.) — A Northern California wildland fire that exploded overnight into the state’s largest blaze this wildfire season, destroying structures and prompting thousands of evacuations, was allegedly started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully, authorities said Thursday.The 48-year-old arson suspect charged with starting the…read more »

Court sets Aug. 27 deadline for brief appealing Trump classified docs dismissal

Court sets Aug. 27 deadline for brief appealing Trump classified docs dismissal

Travis Dove/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s opening brief appealing the dismissal of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is due on Aug. 27, according to a briefing notice Thursday from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.Smith last week filed an official notice of appeal after U.S.…read more »