California’s Madre Fire, already recognized as the state’s largest this year, burned nearly 80,000 acres as of Saturday afternoon, July 5. The fire broke out Wednesday, July 2, in San Luis Obispo County, situated about 100 miles north of Los Angeles on California’s central coast. State and federal lands at risk The fire is […]
People across the country celebrated Independence Day on Friday, July 4, with the traditional parades, fireworks and cookouts. Others used America’s 249th birthday as a chance to protest President Donald Trump and his administration. Several communities around Los Angeles canceled or postponed Independence Day events because of immigration enforcement operations. According to the Los Angeles […]
Ukraine and Russia exchanged a fresh wave of airstrikes Friday night, July 4, into Saturday, July 5, as Moscow hit Kyiv with its largest drone strike since the war began, and Ukraine claims to have taken out a stockpile of Russian weapons at an airbase. Although the United States paused its weapons shipments to Kyiv […]
Dozens more Palestinians have been killed in the past few days, some by Israeli airstrikes and others while attempting to get food at aid distribution sites, hospital officials in Gaza told The Associated Press on Saturday, July 5. This comes after Hamas signaled it had given a “positive” response to a ceasefire proposal that aims […]
Viral videos have shown several incidents of Tesla robotaxis making errors — or even violating traffic laws — in the wake of their rollout on June 22 in Austin, Texas. NBC News reported these include a Tesla dropping off a passenger in the middle of an intersection and one driving on the wrong side of […]
What started out as a steady stream of content flowing into households across the United States no more than 20 years ago has since turned into a veritable deluge, sweeping up screens and leaving the waterlogged debris of traditional television in its wake. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, a whopping […]
A tropical depression changed into Tropical Storm Chantal on Saturday, July 5, and AccuWeather said it’s expected to make landfall in South Carolina on Sunday, July 6. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division said Chantal will bring heavy rain, isolated flash floods, gusty winds and rip currents through Monday, July 7. Accuweather, which has been […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, July 3, raising entrance fees to U.S. national parks for foreign tourists. The Trump administration said the added revenue would be used to improve infrastructure and access for visitors across the National Park System. During a rally on Thursday, Trump said the fee for foreign visitors […]
More than 72 million Americans travel for the Fourth of July holiday, according to AAA, and WalletHub released a list of the best and worst places to travel to celebrate America’s birthday. It looked at the top 100 cities when it comes to population in a quest to discover “the best and cheapest places to […]
President Donald Trump officially kicked off a yearlong celebration to mark 250 years of American independence. He opened the celebrations while speaking at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. President Donald Trump in Iowa The president spoke in a state that voted for him in each of the last three elections. “We will be […]
