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'I have to do it': Midwest Indigenous crew in California to fight wildfires on native land

'I have to do it': Midwest Indigenous crew in California to fight wildfires on native land

People from around the country, including some Minnesotans and Wisconsinites, are answering the call for help as more than 4,900 wildfires rage in California.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Heat builds after Wednesday; air quality alert extended for SW Minnesota

Heat builds after Wednesday; air quality alert extended for SW Minnesota

Wednesday will be the last day of near-normal temperatures before we heat up. Air quality has improved for most but pockets of unhealthy air remain in western Minnesota.
by Sven Sundgaard

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More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

The Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks left nearly 3 million displaced and in need of shelter. In the hard-hit city of Adiyaman, families wait for promises of new homes to be fulfilled.
by Peter Kenyon and Gokce Saracoglu

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Slightly cooler, pleasant Tuesday; air quality alert west

Slightly cooler, pleasant Tuesday; air quality alert west

Tuesday and Wednesday will be pleasant with near average temperatures in the 70s to low 80s. We’ll see partly cloudy skies and dry weather. Things heat up by the end of the week.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires

It’s “very unlikely” a fully-insulated cable would have sparked and caused a fire in dry vegetation, said Michael Ahern, who retired this month as director of power systems at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
by The Associated Press

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