Authorities say a heap of fertilizer led to a massive wildfire blaze that threatens nearly 50,000 acres and forced 53 people to evacuate in Catalonia.
Author: Josh Hafner, USA TODAY
Police chief gives driver $575 ticket for tossing cigarette out window in Canada
Police chief Del Manak in Victoria, British Columbia, caught a driver flicking a lit cigarette out of the car window. It ended with a hefty fine.
OnPolitics: ‘Over to you, Congress’
What Mueller said. And how Trump and Dems responded. The week in politics.
‘You guys are the heroes’: Missing hiker Amanda Eller thanks rescuers in emotional appearance
Amanda Eller, the Hawaii hiker rescued after being lost for weeks in a Maui forest, is in recovery. Now her rescuers are looking for Noah Kekai Mina.
‘We can do better than this!’ 10 tons of trash left on Virginia beach after Memorial Day event
Hundreds of beach-goers at Floatopia, a Memorial Day weekend event, left 10 tons of garbage at Virginia Beach’s Ocean Park, WCNC-TV reported.
Those deer on your lawn? They’re delivering disease-ridden ticks to your doorstep
One expert calls it a “hidden threat”: Disease-carrying ticks hitch rides on the deer commonly found on suburban lawns across the USA.
The misery is real: A third of the world is stressed, worried and in pain, Gallup report finds
Gallup’s 2019 Global Emotions Report shows the world’s often-gloomy emotional state. And Americans are really stressed out.
This 17-foot-long python is dead. Here’s how scientists will track and kill more giant snakes
The python, the largest ever taken from Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, will help scientists hoping to eradicate the invasive species.
Woman fights off cougar attacking her son, prying its jaws open. ‘Mom instinct,’ she says
Chelsea Lockhart of Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, credits God and “mom instinct” for helping save her son, she told CTV.
Sweeping gun law could go into effect in New Zealand just weeks after mosque attacks
Lawmakers in New Zealand’s Parliament overwhelmingly backed a bill that would ban certain guns after attacks at two mosques last month.