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Maryland State Fire Marshal (BALTIMORE) -- Six people are dead after a house fire broke out in Waldorf, Maryland, early Sunday morning, officials said.Around 8:40 a.m., the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and several surrounding departments responded to a report of a dwelling fire with entrapment.The victims were two adults and four children, according to officials. There were nine residents who lived at the house; one adult escaped and two others […]

Courtesy Baltimore Police Department (BALTIMORE) -- A 38-year-old man was killed and five other people were wounded, including a 5-year-old girl, in a "mass shooting" in a Baltimore neighborhood Saturday night, police said.The gunfire broke out shortly before 8:50 p.m. as people near the intersection of Spaulding and Queensberry Avenues gathered outside to have a crab feed, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters at a news conference late Saturday […]

All evacuation warnings have been lifted regarding the Canyon Fire in California after firefighters appeared to gain the upper hand in battling the wildfire, which broke out amid a heatwave and rapidly spread to over 5,300 acres in two days and destroyed at least seven structures, including two homes, authorities said.As of Sunday morning, fire crews had increased containment on the blaze from 28% on Saturday evening to 62%, according […]

(ATLANTA, GA) -- A police officer was killed when a gunman opened fire near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters and the Emory University campus in Atlanta on Friday afternoon, according to authorities.Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, Georgia, has been identified as the suspected shooter in the incident, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. He died during the incident.The Atlanta Police Department said the suspect […]

(PHOENIX) -- Multiple areas across the country are expected to have dangerous heat and fire weather concerns this weekend with over 35 million Americans on alert for dangerous heat.Extreme Heat Warnings remain in effect for Phoenix, Arizona, Palm Springs, California, and lower elevations of the Grand Canyon National Park. High temperatures there will once again be well into the 100s and go up to 115 in spots during the weekend.Heat […]

(WASHINGTON) -- After the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to enforce its ban on transgender service members, Master Sgt. Logan Ireland, who has served in the Air Force for 15 years, was faced with the options of separating from the military voluntarily or being processed for involuntary separation – a prospect that comes with losing half of his separation pay.When Logan was presented with the option […]

(WASHINGTON) -- William H. Webster, a longtime U.S. public servant who served as the head of both the FBI and the CIA in a career spanning the late 1970s to the early 1990s, has died. He was 101.The FBI confirmed his death in a statement Friday.Webster, who was the only person to have led both agencies, "was a dedicated public servant who spent over 60 years in service to our […]

(LAKE FOREST, Ill) -- Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97."We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran," the space agency said. "Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today."Lovell died Thursday in Lake […]

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) -- An employee at an Alaska airport has been arrested for allegedly stalking fellow staff members by placing GPS tracking devices underneath their vehicles, according to the state department of transportation.Dustin Madden, a 40-year-old airport operations specialist at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, was arraigned on Thursday afternoon "in connection with an investigation involving unauthorized GPS tracking devices placed on employees' personal vehicles," the Alaska DOT said in a […]