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New York (AFP) - A man set himself ablaze Friday outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial, throwing pamphlets that police said contained conspiracy theories before he was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police named the man as Maxwell Azzarello from St Augustine, Florida and said the pamphlets he sought to disseminate "seem to be propaganda-based." "(They were) almost like a conspiracy theory type of pamphlet, some information in regards to Ponzi schemes, and the fact that some of our local educational institutes are a front for the mob," NYPD chief of detectives Jose...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Cara Delevingne's Los Angeles home was gutted in a huge fire Friday, in a blaze that left the multimillion-dollar house a smoldering ruin. The actress-model was not at the sprawling pad in the plush Studio City area, but there were two people -- and Delevingne's cats -- at home at the time. All escaped without serious injury. "My heart is broken today. I cannot believe it. Life can change in a blink of an eye, so cherish what you have," the 31-year-old posted on Instagram. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the firefighters and people that have showed up to help....
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Houston (AFP) - Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a million-acre wildfire that has already killed two people in the southern US, as a monster blizzard engulfed California's mountains Friday. Fires are burning across northern Texas and neighboring Oklahoma, fueled by an unseasonably warm winter and ferocious winds. After a slight dousing of rain that brought limited reprieve to firefighters on Thursday as they sought to get a handle on the out-of-control blazes, danger was forecast for Saturday. "Critical fire weather conditions are expected to return midday Saturday and once again...
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Houston (AFP) - Seven wildfires were raging in Texas, including one of the largest in recent state history, authorities said Wednesday, as properties were destroyed and multiple evacuation orders were issued, particularly in the north. The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas' panhandle, a flat northern area known for its prairies and smattering of small towns, was listed as 3 percent contained by the Texas A&M Forest Service. The enormous blaze has already scorched some 850,000 acres (344,000 hectares) -- an area approximately half the size of the state of Delaware. Following harsh winds and unseas...
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Houston (AFP) - A nuclear weapons plant in the US state of Texas said it would be open as usual on Wednesday after raging wildfires caused it to pause operations and led to evacuations in the area. Five fires were burning uncontained early Wednesday near the northern city of Amarillo, with the largest blaze -- known as the Smokehouse Creek Fire -- having burnt 300,000 acres, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Satellite imagery showed fires spreading southwards near Amarillo, fanned by strong winds and unseasonably warm temperatures, according to the local office of the National Weather...
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Houston (AFP) - A nuclear weapons plant in the US state of Texas said it would be open as usual on Wednesday after pausing operations due to wildfires in the area. "The Pantex Plant is open for normal day shift operations for Wednesday, February 28; all personnel are to report for duty according to their assigned schedule," plant operators said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The Texas A&M Forest Service reported early Wednesday that 25 of 31 fires raging in the state were under control, but the largest blaze -- known as the Smokehouse Creek Fire -- had burnt 300,000 acres and remained uncon...
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Santa Cruz (United States) (AFP) - In a forest in northern California, a line of people spread out through the trees, setting fire to shrubs and fallen branches in an act of intentional arson aimed at making the woodland better able to cope with future conflagrations. The operation near Santa Cruz is part of a growing number of prescribed burns intended to reduce the amount of fuel that can feed natural wildfires in an era when human-caused climate change is increasing the likelihood of devastating blazes. "The best way to fight fire is with fire," says Portia Halbert, senior environmental sci...
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Santa Cruz (United States) (AFP) - In a forest in northern California, a line of people spread out through the trees, setting fire to shrubs and fallen branches in an act of intentional arson aimed at making the woodland better able to cope with future conflagrations. The operation near Santa Cruz is part of a growing number of prescribed burns intended to reduce the amount of fuel that can feed natural wildfires in an era when human-caused climate change is increasing the likelihood of devastating blazes. "The best way to fight fire is with fire," says Portia Halbert, senior environmental sci...
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Bangkok (AFP) - Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are limiting when controlled burns can be carried out to prevent wildfires in the western United States, a new study warns. Controlled burns, also known as prescribed fires, are a tool to preemptively dispose of combustible vegetation with the goal of preventing larger, uncontrolled fires. But they are only possible under specific conditions -- so-called burn windows -- when undergrowth is neither so dry it risks burning out of control nor so damp it won't burn at all. The number of burn windows in a year varies by region and c...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The number of people thought to have died in the fast-moving wildfire that tore through part of Hawaii last month dropped Friday, as authorities revised their figures. The state's governor, Josh Green, said scientists sorting through remains now believed that 97 people had perished in Lahaina, down from a previous official toll of 115. "That number dropped a little bit because the Department of Defense and all of their physical anthropologists were able to help us discern better who was in cars or in houses," Green said in a Facebook video. "So thank God, fewer people have ...
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