House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought

The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with disasters and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits, boost resiliency…

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North Texas wildfire ignited by glass bottle

Sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre us-regions wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said Thursday. The July 18 fire on Possum Kingdom Lake’s western shore, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth, took eight days to fully contain. Chief Bonnie Watkins of the Possum…

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US Justice Department probing cyber breach of federal court records system

The justice-department” target=”_blank”>U.S. Justice Department< of New York, the panel’s Democratic chairman, who said the committee had only in March learned of the “startling breadth and scope” of the breach. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in January 2021 said it was adding new security procedures to protect confidential or sealed records following an…

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