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Southern California Wildfire Threatens 17,000 Homes, 30% Contained
More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes. The wind-driven Sandy Fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi ...
Barney Frank, Key Lawmaker During Financial Crisis, Dies at 86
Barney Frank, the quick-witted Democratic congressman who found himself on the front lines of the government's rescue of the American financial system in 2007 and 2008, has died. He was 86. He died ...
Arizona Sheriff Investigates Train/Truck Cargo Theft Associated With California-based Cartel
Arizona's Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies have responded to a string of high-tech cargo burglaries following two separate but similar incidents involving professional theft rings. YCSO, in ...
Fears of Unfettered Hacking Spurred by Anthropic’s Mythos AI Model Overblown
Early fears that Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated a month after its release. The company warned at launch in April that Mythos had ...
West Virginia OSHA Safety Inspections Reviewed After Refinery Deaths Last Month
When two workers died last month in a violent chemical reaction at Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners near Charleston, federal records showed the facility had previously been cited for safety ...
U.S. Coasts Could See Double Whammy With El Niño, High Tide Flooding
The likelihood of El Niño may increase the chances of high tide flooding along the U.S. Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service. ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Dropped in 2025, Policy and Drug Supply Concerns Remain
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the ...
Despite Dip in Cargo Theft in Q1 This Year, Sharp Increase in Fraud Schemes Seen
Despite a year-over-year decline in cargo theft in the first quarter of 2026, a first in five years, fraud schemes surged, according to a new report from in-transit supply chain risk management ...