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Large South Carolina wildfires contained as teens charged with starting blaze with cigarettes 04/03/2025 03:20pm • PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Two wildfires that started lose to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained, authorities said. Four teens who did not fully extinguish their cigarettes while hiking have been charged with causin When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here's how 04/03/2025 01:59pm • Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that's particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change. The powerful storms can pose threats ranging from falling limbs to downed power lines to drowning. 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The four — Barbra Banda, Rachael Kundananji, Prisca Chilufya and Grace Chanda — will not be able t SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator 04/03/2025 12:18pm • People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation at his former job but hired him anyway, according to details released Wednesday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is looking into the matter. Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judic Things to do in the DC area: 'Fake It Until You Make It,' Capital Art Book Fair … and more! 04/03/2025 05:04am • A new comedy has made its way to Arena Stage, and it's all about mistaken identities and stolen cats within a nonprofit office. Michael John Garcés, director of "Fake It Until You Make It," told WTOP the show is a "farce about identity, about the ways in which we try to be authentic and sort of U.Va. researcher: Most schools are unable to fully support students returning to class after mental health ER visit 04/03/2025 04:07am • More and more students are going to hospital emergency departments for mental health related visits, but schools don’t have evidence-based practices to support them when they return to class, according to a University of Virginia researcher. There’s been an uptick in mental health emergency d Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar 04/03/2025 01:10am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel. The affair has gripped Israeli Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence 04/03/2025 12:27am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Jacques Asperges once relished returning home after a long day working at a radio station in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists. He had a roof and four walls for protection, but gang violence forced him and his family to flee their home twi A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna 04/02/2025 08:41pm • VIENNA (AP) — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic Social Security's acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts 04/02/2025 07:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order — which was quickly rescinded — that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospit 'It felt like Squid Game': HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated 04/02/2025 05:35pm • Scores of federal workers lined up outside their offices on April Fools' Day to see if their badges worked. 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