Troops search for 130 missing in California wildfire, death toll...
11/15/2018, 9:46:20 AMU.S. National Guard troops scoured the ruins of the town of Paradise on Thursday... ✔ This is one of the worst disasters I’ve seen in my career, hands down, Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told reporters in Chico ✔ The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the body of a possible third victim was found ✔ (For graphic on deadly California fires, click tmsnrt.rs/2Plpuui) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Vanity projects and kamikaze loggias: Tbilisi’s architectural disaster
11/15/2018, 11:54:27 AMThe centre of the Georgian capital has long been the plaything of outsize egos – but can its architecture biennial inspire useful debate about the city’s future? ✔ Everyone has a right to air, not just the right to breath clean air, but to look out of their window and not be confronted by the concrete wall of a new illegal building ✔ Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion, and explore our archive here
John Cleese sparks OUTRAGE over joke about deadly California wildfire
11/15/2018, 9:27:12 AMACTING legend John Cleese has provoked outrage for posting a dark joke online about the deadly California wildfires. ✔ Other people defended the comedian, arguing that humour helps people through tragedy ✔ If you can laugh at the monster, suddenly it’s not as frightening ✔ With the fire hitting Malibu, both A-listers and civilians have suffered because of the spreading flames
Surrounded By California's Deadliest Wildfire, People Jumped Into A Lake And Creek To Survive
11/15/2018, 11:35:03 AM"They were trying to escape the fire coming through and, because they knew it came from the roadside, they couldn't get out." ✔ A coroner's official looks for human remains in the rubble of a house in Paradise, Calif ✔ There was no time for anyone in authority to send us an evacuation order ✔ Scott and the three others with him appeared to be suffering from hypothermia, Moak said, so her family took them in, gave them warm baths, new clothes, and blankets
'When I was 10, our house burned down': Keith Urban's home incinerated
11/15/2018, 8:47:23 AMCalifornia's bushfire disaster has revived painful memories for Australian country music star Keith Urban. ✔ California's bushfire disaster has revived painful memories for Australian country music star Keith Urban ✔ 'When you are walking through the house and it's charred, black as black everywhere you look, water's dripping and the firefighters have left, I remember thinking, I was just in here getting ready for school..
The California Wildfires: How Experts Track a Blaze to Its Origin
11/15/2018, 11:15:04 AMInvestigators looking for the cause of the most devastating wildfire in California history will begin with the premise that human beings were probably responsible. ✔ Whatever triggered the blaze which was first reported early Thursday, just east of Paradise, a town of about 27,000 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills strong winds roaring through the dry terrain were the reason it spread so quickly and caused so much devastation
10 Things to Know for Today
11/15/2018, 11:26:42 AMYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE DEATH TOLL HITS MILESTONE Experts say the wildfire burning north of Sacramento that has killed at least 56 is the deadliest in a century. 2. BREXIT DEAL IN CHAOS Two British Cabinet ministers, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, resign in opposition to the divorce deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May with the EU.
On election night, all anyone saw was a ripple. But the blue wave came and the Republicans wiped out. - Los Angeles Times
11/15/2018, 8:58:46 AMIt didn’t even look like a blue wave on election night. Now it’s looking like a potential tsunami, at least in California. As late votes poured in, largely from mailed ballots, the Democrats’ tally rose and swept away Republicans. ✔ As of Wednesday, California election officials had counted about 9.4 million ballots and still had 3.1 million to process, according to the Secretary of State’s office ✔ That means the bottom could really fall out on Republicans in two years, especially if Trump is the nominee, Stutzman says
Northern California fire death toll at 56; 130 missing
11/15/2018, 11:28:19 AMAs the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains in search for more bodies. The blaze has killed at least 56 people and authorities say 130 are unaccounted for. ✔ This is so devastating that I don’t really have the words to describe it, Brown said, saying officials would need to learn how to better prevent fires from becoming so deadly ✔ Rodriguez in San Francisco, Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California and Andrew Selsky in Salem, Oregon, also contributed to this report
As California Burns, The Ultra-Rich Hire Private Firefighters
11/15/2018, 11:19:10 AMKim Kardashian and Kanye West were among those able to save their homes. But whether or not your home burns down shouldn't depend on wealth. ✔ The Camp fire north of Sacramento has killed at least 42 people, injured three firefighters and destroyed 6,500 homes ✔ All content is editorially independent, with no influence or input from the foundations ✔ If you have an idea or tip for the editorial series, send an email to thisnewworld@huffpost.com
Latin Grammys, Thousand Oaks shooting memorial service, Florida recount: 5 things to know Thursday
11/15/2018, 8:43:43 AMThe 2018 Latin Grammy Awards, lawsuits pile up ahead of Florida's recount deadline and more things to know to start your Thursday morning. ✔ Alaina was an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her, and we are devastated that her life was cut short in this manner ✔ The commercial communications satellite, built by Mitsubishi Electric in Japan, will serve the Middle East and North Africa region from a geostationary orbit ✔ This will be the Space Coast's first daytime launch in six months
Wildfires hero vows to KILL anyone stealing from evacuation zones
11/15/2018, 11:39:16 AMA MAN who heroically managed to save his own house and neighbours’ homes from the deadly Camp Fire is now patrolling the devastated community to protect it from looters. Keith Mapes, 38, has placed… ✔ A MAN who heroically managed to save his own house and neighbours’ homes from the deadly Camp Fire is now patrolling the devastated community to protect it from looters ✔ Re-living the day of the fire, which hit Paradise last Thursday, he said: I woke up early in the morning to get my older daughter to school - she’s five
Imperial pair visit quake-hit Hokkaido town to meet victims
11/15/2018, 9:55:53 AMEmperor Akihito and Empress Michiko flew to Hokkaido on Nov. 15 to meet with victims and rescue work ✔ The imperial pair took a special flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to inspect areas damaged by landslides triggered by the Sept ✔ The couple were expected to return to Tokyo the same day ✔ Immediately after the quake, which claimed 41 lives across Hokkaido, the emperor and empress expressed their desire to visit the stricken region soon to encourage victims
Eastern Victoria to dodge El Nino, but hot, dry summer looms elsewhere
11/15/2018, 9:08:57 AMWhile parts of the country sweat on the prospect of an El Nino event this summer, those heading to east of the state should pack an umbrella. ✔ Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said the rest of the state would likely miss out on that rainfall ✔ There’s still a high chance of El Nino occurring which, for country areas, normally means a drier summer, he said ✔ But the outlook for Victoria from December to January is indicating at the moment close to average conditions over most of the state
California Fires 2018 Update: Death Toll, Missing Persons, Level Of Containment
11/15/2018, 8:19:31 AMThe two huge California wildfires are still burning, but there has been some containment. ✔ Most of the missing are believed to be senior citizens from the small town of Paradise, located north of Sacramento and east of Chico ✔ As the editor of the @ChicoER already said: this is a humanitarian crisis ✔ A helicopter drops water on a burning ridge in the Feather River Canyon, east of Paradise, California
Fiji PM Bainimarama's party leads provisional election count
11/15/2018, 8:47:55 AMPartial results show ex-coup leader's party has 52 percent of votes, as main opposition SODELPA stands at 38 percent. ✔ {articleGUID} It has also overseen a prosperous period for the tourism-driven economy, which is growing by more than three percent a year ✔ On Thursday, a campaign blackout period was extended because of the delayed voting, but media were allowed to report the preliminary results, Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) Chairperson Ashwin Raj said on Wednesday ✔ Inside Story How to help those displaced by climate change
DNA firm schooled in war zones helps ID California fire victims
11/15/2018, 11:22:35 AMThe remains of victims charred beyond recognition in the California wildfires ar... ✔ It has also helped law enforcement identify sexual assault suspects and with U.N ✔ But the Paradise catastrophe was the first request ANDE had received to assist in a natural disaster since its founding in 2000 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
California is as blue as it's ever been. Hopefully Democrats prove themselves worthy - Los Angeles Times
11/15/2018, 11:24:19 AMDemocrats stand to control more combined state and congressional seats than at any time in history. ✔ Andy Vidak (R-Hanford) lost more than his seat in the Legislature when he conceded the race to his Democratic challenger, Melissa Hurtado, on Monday ✔ As it is now, Democrats stand to control more combined state and congressional seats than at any time in history
For Ventura County Sheriff, a Nightmarish End to Four-Decade Career
11/15/2018, 10:40:17 AMVentura County Sheriff Geoff Dean recounted what he saw at the Borderline Bar & Grill just days before retiring. A gunman killed 12 people at the bar before shooting himself. “It was like something out of a horror movie,” the sheriff said. ✔ Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean speaks to the media last Thursday following a shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill ✔ Among the blood and dead bodies, a young, well-dressed woman caught the sheriff’s eye ✔ The other day, while he was driving around town, a sheriff’s unit sped past him, sirens screaming
Perspective | The man who pioneered Trumpism
11/15/2018, 11:07:19 AMAn oft-forgotten figure first blazed the path that President Trump is following. ✔ Vice President Spiro Agnew speaks as he attends the National Congress of American Indians convention in Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 10, 1969 ✔ There were no commemorations or retrospectives on his five years in office ✔ He brushed aside data and analysis as pabulum for the permissivists
These Nurses Narrowly Escaped The Deadly Camp Fire, Then They Went Back To Work Helping People
11/15/2018, 8:35:30 AM"I was just thinking, I'm going to die in melting plastic," one nurse said. ✔ Workers and first responders evacuate patients from the Adventist Health Feather River Hospital ✔ The ferocious Camp fire had just been sparked in the dry brush above Paradise, a popular retirement community in Northern California's foothills, and winds were quickly spreading hot embers into the town's streets ✔ Eventually, Pierce and the rest of the caravan became trapped by a disabled car on the road
Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for...
11/15/2018, 10:36:02 AMThe Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-alig... ✔ The killing of Khashoggi sparked a global outcry and opened the kingdom to possible sanctions ✔ We heard some sporadic (mortar) shelling this morning, but it is very calm, said resident Arwa Mohammed ✔ Almost 18 million are considered hungry and 8.4 million severely hungry ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Corbyn and Starmer vow to destroy 'miserable failure' of Brexit talks
11/15/2018, 11:10:59 AMLabour Leader Jeremy Corbyn wants a new election that could install him in No 10 so he can reopen the negotiations with Brussels on his own version of Brexit. ✔ Labour MPs representing Brexit-backing constituencies, including Caroline Flint, Gareth Snell and Lisa Nandy, have suggested they could back an agreement that prevents the country from crashing out of the EU without a deal ✔ 'We believe that package would command support in Parliament and unite Leavers and Remainers and has majority support in the country, and that is what should be negotiated.'
Ben Stiller uncovers his serious side with 'Escape at Dannemora,' Showtime's latest auteur TV series - Los Angeles Times
11/15/2018, 11:14:38 AMKnown for directing and starring in comedies like "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller strikes a more dramatic note with "Escape at Dannemora," a Showtime limited series about the 2015 prison break in upstate New York starring Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano and Patricia Arquette. ✔ On this gray morning in December Stiller proudly shows visitors around the set of Escape at Dannemora, the seven-episode limited series he’s directing ✔ With an almost forensic level of detail, Stiller sketches a map of the 19th century penitentiary on the back of a script page, explaining where the shop was located in relation to the mess hall, the cellblock and the steam pipe through which convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped, triggering a three-week manhunt and round-the-clock news coverage ✔ ‘Tropic Thunder’ cinematically is as accomplished as most Vietnam war films
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