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More than 10,000 lightning strikes spark wildfires across California – volunteer firefighter dies in blaze

A volunteer firefighter has lost his life attempting to help tackle the wildfires currently raging through California. As per reports, California’s governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency after 367 fires were ignited ...

13 nuns from same convent die of COVID-19: “It went through like wildfire”

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage families and communities, a blight on society that will never be forgotten. Tragic reports now detail how thirteen nuns at the Felician Sisters convent in Michigan have died of ...

1-year-old dead after two suspects opened gunfire at cookout in Brooklyn

A 1-year-old baby is dead, and three men were left wounded after gunfire interrupted a family’s cookout in Brooklyn Sunday night. “He was the joy of my life,” Samantha Gardner, the little boy’s grandmother told ...

Woman celebrates 105th birthday with 105-car parade led by fire trucks

Birthdays are a big celebration at the best of times but when it comes to a certain age there is no other way to mark the occasion. For one North Carolina resident a big birthday ...

3-year-old boy badly burned by illegal fireworks that flew through his bedroom window

Fireworks and their associated restrictions often find themselves the subject of much debate. In a controlled environment, where proper safety measures are adhered to, fireworks can be a source of a great entertainment for the ...

Black teen says her neck and face were set on fire by group of white men at red light

An 18-year-old EMT has told police that four white men sprayed her with lighter fluid at a stoplight and lit her face and neck on fire while calling her the n-word. As per reports, Althea ...

Man’s wife killed in shooting 48 hours after his business was destroyed in a fire

George Penton was barely coming to grips with losing his business of 20 years after a fire destroyed it, when he received word that his wife had been killed. “It’s a lot of anger in ...

Two young men hailed superheroes after running into a fire to save stranger

Two young men risked their lives facing a house fire head on to save a stranger. Tre Jones and his friend Harvey were passing through their neighborhood in Marion, Indiana, when they saw a group ...

Joel Schumacher, director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and ‘Batman’ movies, dies at 80 — stars pay tribute

Joel Schumacher, the filmmaker who directed some of the biggest hits and cult favorites of the ’80s and ’90s, has died at the age of 80, following a battle with cancer. He is remembered as ...

Black cop was fired and lost her pension after stopping another officer’s chokehold

A black former police officer may finally see justice done 12 years after being fired for intervening when a colleague had a suspect in a chokehold. As per reports, Cariol Horne served in the Buffalo, ...