A cluster of wildfires has scorched the Texas Panhandle, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches.
Authorities warned that the damage to communities on the high plains could be extensive.
The largest fire — which expanded to more than 3367 square kilometres — jumped into parts of neighbouring Oklahoma and was only about 3% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Not a single blog posted for 2 days on CS hopefully this dosnt mean the death of this section of this site
Like the demise of the chat rooms which were removed before my time , but some of the founding members used to mention occasionally
Donald Trump said the US election will be “liberation day” for his supporters and “judgement day” for his enemies in a high-octane speech ahead of winning the South Carolina primary.
The former president, 77, vowed his second term would mean “revenge” for his opponents as he promised to “fire” Joe Biden, 81.
In my opinion
Mad as a March hair
Crazy as a skunk
And as dangerous as a cornered rat
A woman in Italy accused of murdering great-aunt with spaghetti
A woman in Italy is awaiting trial after allegedly murdering her great-aunt — with spaghetti.
Paola Pepe, 58, was arrested after she allegedly force-fed Maria Basso the pasta dish at a restaurant in Sicily in December 2022, Nine reports.
The 80-year-old, who was susceptible to choking, died two days after eating the meal after it became lodged in her airways.
A police investigation was launched after Pepe changed Basso's will to name herself the sole beneficiary of her great-aunt's estate in the days prior.
The NZ$823,420 inheritance was to go to charity before it was amended.
Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus.
An American citizen faces up to 20 years in a Russian jail for reportedly giving US$50 (NZ$80) to an organisation raising money for the Ukrainian army.
Ksenia Karelina has been charged with “high treason” after being arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in the central Urals city of Yekaterinburg.
The 33-year-old is the latest American to be locked up in Russia amid concerns Vladimir Putin is using detained foreign nationals as bargaining chips.
Scientists are concerned about the spread of disease within deer populations in North America, write Samuel White and Philippe Wilson.
In the tranquil expanses of North America’s woodlands and grasslands, a silent but concerning phenomenon is unfolding: chronic wasting disease (CWD).
The condition — often dubbed "zombie deer disease" — is stealthily spreading among deer populations, sparking concerns among scientists, conservationists and the public alike.
This neurological affliction, characterised by myriad symptoms, such as drooling, lethargy, stumbling and a vacant gaze, has now been detected in over 800 samples of deer, elk and moose in Wyoming alone, highlighting the scale and urgency of the issue.
At the heart of the CWD puzzle lies a peculiar culprit: prions.
The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life.
The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a “major neurocognitive disorder” and is taking medication for dementia, according to a doctor’s declaration filed with the petition Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
A man has been mauled to death by a lion at a zoo after he climbed over a 7.6m fence to take a selfie with the beast.
Prahlad Gujjar from Rajasthan, India, entered the non-public enclosure that housed the lion at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park by climbing over the fence.
Desperate for a selfie, the 38-year-old ignored a zookeeper’s warning to step away from the lion and continued to get closer to the large cat.
Before the zookeeper could intervene, Dongalpur the lion mauled the man to death.
Calvin Bautista, 38, crossed into northern New York on a bus from Montreal to New York City on July 15, 2018. The young adult snakes were hidden in the inner thigh of his pants in snake bags tied to the pants' drawstring.
They were discovered by US Customs and Border Protection officers, according to court documents and a release from the office of US Attorney Carla B. Freedman.
Just browsing through the last few blogs and its just the same stuff rehashed
Reminds me about the analogy of give 100 monkeys keyboards and they will eventually rewrite every novel and religious txt
By the process of randomly pushing keys
Since covid and the re opening of our borders it seems to me that 1 in 3 tourists/ backpackers are French
In many ways they are the most arrogant and self centered race i have ever met
They snort
Insist on speaking French and smoke non stop
After a few drinks I asked a group of them why they had even bothered to visit NZ
If they did not even bother to try to converse in the English language why not just stay home , save money and watch documentaries on you tube.
My comments went down as well as the "rainbow warrior"
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