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Most evacuation orders lifted as crews continue battling Northern California wildfire 07/04/2024 09:00pm • OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said. Containment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County also increas ATV crashes into pickup on rural Colorado road, killing 2 toddlers and 2 adults 07/04/2024 07:36pm • BRUSH, Colo. (AP) ��� An all-terrain vehicle crashed into a pickup truck on a rural road on Colorado's plains, killing two toddlers and two adults, authorities said Thursday. The crash happened Wednesday after the driver of the Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle went through a stop sign and hit a Ram 5 Tour de France Results 07/04/2024 03:35pm • Thursday, July 4 In France 6th Stage A 101.6-mile ride from Macon to Dijon . 1. Dylan Groenewegan, Netherlands, Team Jayco, 3:31.55. 2. Biniam Girmay, Eritrean, Intermarche-Wanty, same time. 3. Fernando Gaviria, Colombia, Moviestar Team, same time 4. Phil Bauhaus, Germany, Bahrain Victorious, s The July Fourth parade shooting paralyzed a boy. His life remains shattered 2 years later, mom says 07/04/2024 02:53pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down. It has been 730 days since her now-10-year-old son Cooper could chase his brother Luke in their suburban C Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Tour de France Stage 6 in a photo finish 07/04/2024 01:40pm • DIJON, France (AP) ��� Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint that was decided in a photo finish on Thursday. Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey after a nervous day on the bike amid crosswinds. Groenewegen earned a sixth career stage victory Superstars and stars-in-waiting are newcomers among 10,500 athletes at Paris Olympics 07/04/2024 06:00am • The 10,500 athletes who will compete at the Paris Games include first-time Olympians who already have global recognition and others whose stardom is just waiting to be discovered by a wider audience. Here's a look at a few of the expected newcomers when the action starts July 24: VICTOR WEMBANYAMA T Transgender, nonbinary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz shines on and off track, earns spot at Paris Games 07/04/2024 06:00am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ��� While Nikki Hiltz took a victory lap to celebrate a long-awaited trip to the Olympics, some fans reached out and handed bracelets to their favorite 1,500-meter runner ��� a runner who is doing this, in part, for them. These days, Hiltz, who's transgender and nonbinary, is shin China's BYD inaugurates first plant in Thailand as it expands reach into Southeast Asia 07/04/2024 05:56am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Chinese automaker BYD inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand on Thursday, part of the company���s push into Southeast Asia while it also tackles wealthier markets in the U.S. and Europe. The factory���s opening comes on the same day that the European Union is expe California city cancels July Fourth fireworks as firefighters battle flames amid hot weather 07/03/2024 11:23pm • OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� Officials in a Northern California community cancelled an annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration as an estimated 26,000 residents remained displaced by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of firefighters toiled under extreme heat to keep flames from reaching more homes. Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least 7 people in the southeast Caribbean 07/03/2024 11:02pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ��� Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Beryl's eyewal Bryan Reynolds, Oneil Cruz hit RBI singles in 10th that lift Pirates past Cardinals 5-4 07/03/2024 10:45pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Bryan Reynolds and Oneil Cruz hit run-scoring singles on consecutive pitches in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Wednesday night. Willson Contreras��� two-run homer in the eighth off Pittsburgh's Colin Holderman tied the s Lightning strike blamed for wildfire that killed 2 people in New Mexico, damaged 1,400 structures 07/03/2024 10:28pm • RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) ��� A lightning strike caused the larger of two wildfires that has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures in New Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. The South Fork Fire was first reported June 17 on the Mescalero Apache Reservation and force Turkmenistan and Iran sign deal to supply gas to Iraq. Iran will build pipeline to aid delivery 07/03/2024 09:22pm • ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) ��� Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal was announced by Turkmenistan's foreign ministry, which did not state the monetary worth of the contrac California man convicted of murder in 2018 stabbing death of gay University of Pennsylvania student 07/03/2024 09:01pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man was convicted of murder with a hate crime enhancement Wednesday for the 2018 stabbing death of a gay University of Pennsylvania student. Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in the killing of Blaze Bernstein, a Migrants pause in the Amazon because getting to the US is harder. Most have no idea what lies ahead 07/03/2024 09:00pm • ASSIS BRASIL, Brazil (AP) ��� Dozens of migrants sleep in a mosquito-infested six-bedroom wooden shelter in the Brazilian Amazon, their dreams of a better life in the U.S. on hold because of President Joe Biden���shalt on asylum. Johany ���Flaca��� Rodr��guez, 48, was ready to leave behind the stru