Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2023. There are 165 days left in the year.Today鈥檚 Highlight in History:On July 19, 2005, President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) 鈥� Wildfires have already burned a record amount of area in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the situation will probably get worse due to more hot, dry weather, government officials said Tuesday.The fires are responsible for at least two deaths in ...
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Firefighters working in high heat patrolled for hotspots and built control lines around a large wildfire smoldering in the interior of Southern California on Tuesday.The Rabbit Fire remained at just under 13 square miles (33.6 square kilometers), with 45% ...
Through smoky, yellowed air, they watch as the fires burn at the edge of their city. In Mandra, an area just west of Athens, Associated Press photographer Petros Giannakouris captured Greeks standing on a ridge and looking on as firefighting helicopters deployed to three large wildfires eating ...
MANDRA, Greece (AP) 鈥� Fast-moving wildfires swept across hills in the searing heat outside the Greek capital on Tuesday, forcing authorities to close highways to help protect an oil refinery.Water-dropping airplanes and helicopters flew low though a blanket of smoke tinted orange by the ...
