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(SOLVANG, Calif.) -- The Gifford Fire, a wildfire burning in Central California that has destroyed over 82,000 acres in five days, continues to rage and is now accompanied by two additional fires emerging nearby, according to officials.Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, California -- has burned 82,567 acres and has only reached 7% containment, prompting […]

Gary S. Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A small earthquake centered in northern New Jersey on Tuesday rattled the New York City metropolitan area, officials said.The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor that hit just after noon was centered in Hillsdale, in Bergen County, and measured a magnitude 2.7 on the Richter scale.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but people across the region reported feeling the quake […]

(ANACONDA, Mont.) -- A manhunt is intensifying for the former U.S. Army soldier who's been at large for days after allegedly gunning down four people at a Montana bar.Michael Paul Brown, 45, is suspected of opening fire on Friday morning at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, a city of about 9,000 people in southwestern Montana, authorities said.There has not been a confirmed sighting of Brown since Friday, authorities said.Thirty-eight local, […]