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Reports on the number missing from the deadliest wildfire in California history has now risen to 630 people, a week after the fast-moving blaze reduced the town of Paradise to ash and charred rubble. On Friday morning the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, said the death toll in the fire held at 63 overnight. Authorities … Read More

The Times of Israel reports that The Jewish Home party will leave the Netanyahu government coalition, bringing down the Israeli government and forcing new elections.  The Jewish Home party’s decision came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett’s demand to be made defense minister. The collapse of the government coalition began with the dramatic resignation of Israel’s … Read More

The U.S. Military has declined and is no longer superior to the threats that exist around the world, and it would struggle to win – or perhaps even lose – a war with China or Russia, according to a new report from a congressionally-formed commission. The National Defense Strategy Commission findings released Wednesday paint a gloomy picture for the current state of … Read More

Colorado voters have elected Democrat Jared Polis as governor, making him the first openly gay man to win a U.S. governor’s race. Polis, who raises two children with a partner, has been serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009. He made clear during his campaign that homosexual rights are an important issue to him and noted his record … Read More

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention are saying more children are getting sick from a rare illness leaving them paralyzed. The CDC said it’s investigating 252 potential cases of a polio-like disease that paralyzes children. The new number shows an increase of 33 patients in one week. Parents are now in Washington, D.C., who never thought they’d be … Read More

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the brink of collapse following the dramatic resignation of its defense minister, who was enraged about a cease-fire after Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas launched 400 missiles into southern Israel. In resigning his post, Avigdor Liberman, a rival to Netanyahu’s right, branded the cease-fire in Gaza as a ” capitulation to … Read More

The remains of six more victims of California’s most lethal and destructive wildfire in history have been found, bringing the death toll to 48 in the so-called Camp Fire in northern California and 51 total, statewide.  Forensic teams with cadaver dogs spent the day combing through ash and charred debris in what was left of the town of Paradise. Sheriff Kory Honea said 100 National Guard troops … Read More

Voters in Alabama have approved an amendment that would explicitly enshrine in the state constitution the right to display the Ten Commandments on government property. On the ballot as Amendment 1, it won approval with 71 percent of the vote.  The ballot language of Amendment 1 authorized display of the Decalogue on public property, including schools, but said state money … Read More

Thus far, 42 people are known to have died in the Northern California wildfire that burned through the town of Paradise with shocking speed, making the Camp Fire the deadliest in state history. “This is an unprecedented event,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Monday night, according to Capital Public Radio in Sacramento. “If you’ve been up there, you also know the … Read More

Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country’s recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said. Health Minister Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga said, “no other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing. Since their arrival in the region, the response teams have faced threats, physical assaults, … Read More