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Lack of oversight blamed for tragedy that killed 34 people last year.
Free speech demonstrations in US end in violence
Hundreds of counter-protesters surged the area, outnumbering and attacking demonstrators.
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Zoo awards lifetime membership to 5-year-old boy who helped recapture endangered primate.
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The August Complex began as dozens of fires ignited by lightning.
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida
Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers.
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Chinese media say "Washington is stepping up preparations for war against China".
University of California wrongly admitted rich white students
Institution accepted students as 'favours to donors, family, and friends', over 6 years.
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The Bobcat fire raging throughout California is only 15 per cent contained.
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California Bobcat Fire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The Bobcat Fire is expected to grow as critical fire weather conditions continued.
Firefighters battle exhaustion along with flames
Firefighters have been working around the clock to contain the wildfires decimating US.
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Sudden death of thousands of migratory birds linked to wildfires and extreme weather
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Terror in the dark: Kiwi caught in wildfire
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Orange skies expose California's darkness
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A climate reckoning in fire-stricken California
New York Times: Climate change is all too real for Californians fleeing wildfires.
California wildfires: Three dead northeast of San Francisco
Thousands of homes and other buildings are believed to have been damaged or destroyed.
'A nuclear winter': California wildfires blot out the sun
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New York Times: Military pilots said it was the most challenging flying they have done.
Helicopters pull more people from burning California forest
California's forest fires rage with 14,000 firefighters battling more than two dozen fires
Baby gender reveal party blamed for starting huge California fire
The family went into a field and fired off a device, which quickly ignited grasses.
California sets fire record - but worst yet to come
Officials say the most striking thing about the record is how early it was set.
California wildfire traps campers in national forest
Fast-spreading California wildfires trapped campers in the Sierra National Forest.
'We just passed a guy in a jetpack,' US pilot
Two flights sighted a man in a jetpack 900 metres over Los Angeles airport.
A vow of silence, a cabin in the woods, a terrible wildfire
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Civilians with hoses target wildfires as crews urge them to stop
Locals are taking it upon themselves to fight the wildfires in the US, despite warnings.
Four years of catastrophic fires in California: 'I'm numb'
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Former police officer, Golden State Killer, 'truly sorry' for the crimes.
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Lightning strikes have caused dozens of fires that are decimating parts of California.