SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As fires spread across Northern California last year, Capt. Matt Alba and Strike Team 2253A found themselves wading through a smoldering jungle of plastic and metal in search of bodies.
The worst kind of weather for wildfires — strong, gusty winds and very low humidity — was expected to return Tuesday after a relative respite Monday, the National Weather Service said, raising the prospect of more fire outbreaks and rapid growth of the blazes that are already burning.
Dawda Jawara, a veterinarian-turned-politician who led Gambia to independence from the British and then presided over the country as it became one of Africa’s longest-running democracies, died Aug. 27 at his home in Fajara, a coastal suburb of Banjul, the capital. He was 95.
The man accused of opening fire in a crowded college classroom this week left no manifesto. He had no apparent obsession with guns. He had little presence on social media, and, according to his grandfather, held no major ideological gripes.
DENVER — Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president Thursday.
DENVER — Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president Thursday.
Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president Thursday.
Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president Thursday.
The two fraternities at Swarthmore College, the elite liberal arts school in Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday that they would voluntarily disband, following the release of more than 100 pages of internal documents in which members of Phi Psi discussed sexual misconduct and referenced a “rape attic.”
The fraternity brothers wrote of acquiring date-rape drugs and bragged about their “rape attic.” They wrote of sexual encounters with underage girls and suggested getting group tank tops that read, “We don’t drink during the day, we BLACK OUT.”
The fraternity brothers wrote of acquiring date-rape drugs and bragged about their “rape attic.” They wrote of sexual encounters with underage girls and suggested getting group tank tops that read, “We don’t drink during the day, we BLACK OUT.”
LITTLETON, Colo. — This is where I hid from the gunmen, the survivors told their children. That is where the gunmen entered the school, they added. This is how I escaped.
LITTLETON, Colo. — This is where I hid from the gunmen, the survivors told their children. That is where the gunmen entered the school, they added. This is how I escaped.
DENVER — The FBI and law enforcement officials in Colorado were searching Tuesday for a woman who they said had made threats in the Denver area and was armed and “extremely dangerous.” Security was tightened at schools across the region, with the threats coming just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
DENVER — The FBI was searching on Tuesday for a woman who law enforcement officials said had made threats in the Denver area, and was armed and “extremely dangerous.” Security was tightened at schools across the region, with the threat coming just days ahead of the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
The University of Southern California said late Monday it had blocked students who may be associated with the college admissions scandal from registering for classes while the school reviews their cases.
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