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Boy, 13, Started California Wildfire With Illegal Fireworks, Police Say

The Rancho fire, which burned nearly five acres in Laguna Beach, prompted evacuations and caused power outages.

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The Rancho fire burned 4.6 acres in Laguna Beach, Calif., before it was fully contained early Wednesday morning, officials said.

Trash Overflows in Philadelphia as City Workers’ Strike Enters Second Week

Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues.

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A man dropped off trash at a garbage collection site last week in Philadelphia.

Texas Flood Victims: What We Know

A beloved teacher, child and adult campers, camp directors and a counselor are among at least 80 people who have died in the flooding in Central Texas.

© Carter Johnston for The New York Times

The flooded Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on Saturday.

Two Men Sentenced in Smuggling Deaths of 53 Migrants in Texas

The migrants were being transported in a tractor-trailer that had no air-conditioning on a day when temperatures reached more than 100 degrees.

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Justin R. Simmons, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, at a news briefing in San Antonio on Friday.
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