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US plans emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

The move to bypass some environmental review could cut years off the normal approval process required to cut smaller trees in national forests and use intentionally lit low-intensity fires to reduce dense brush that has helped fuel raging wildfires that have killed up to 20 percent of all large sequoias over the past two years.

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Trump ally Bannon convicted of contempt charges

He faces up to two years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.

Gunman kills 3 at Iowa state park, police say

Three people were killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa Friday morning and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said.

1st US polio case in nearly a decade found in NY

Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person’s condition.

 
Jan. 6 panel, testimony details Trump’s ‘dereliction of duty’

“President Trump didn’t fail to act,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a fellow Republican but frequent Trump critic who flew fighter jets in Iraq and Afghanistan. “He chose not to act.”

Ex-cop sentenced for role in George Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.

$5K reward for suspect in shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information about the man who allegedly shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker last year in Hollywood and stole two of the pop star’s French bulldogs. He was mistakenly released from custody in April and remains missing.

California thieves steal millions in jewelry at rest stop

Thieves broke into an unattended Brink’s tractor-trailer parked at a remote Southern California rest stop last week and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry and gemstones after the vehicle’s two armed guards walked away.

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