Wildfires in France and Spain force 200,000 to flee as crews continue to battle untamed blazes

More than 200,000 people have been forced to flee parts of Western Europe on Saturday as out-of-control wildfires continued to rage in Spain and France. Thick black ash coated roof terraces in the north of Madrid’s center, the Spanish capital, with residents forced to keep their windows closed by the smell of throat-irritating smoke. Spanish … Read more

Boston lemonade stand robbed at gunpoint, supects flee and remain at large

Two heartless robbers, one brandishing a gun, knocked off a lemonade stand in Boston on Wednesday, violating the “innocence” of this timeless slice of Americana, authorities said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Officers responded to 157 W. 9th Street in Southie a little after 4:44 … Read more

Russia pressures U.S., Ukraine’s allies to flee Kyiv, threatening ‘systematic strikes’

Moscow says more attacks like it could be coming. Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Monday that it would conduct “systematic strikes” against military targets in Kyiv, including what it called “decision-making centers.” It said this would be in retaliation for a drone attack last week that authorities said killed 21 people including students at a college … Read more

Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access … Read more

California residents near dangerous chemical tank forced to flee homes: “You’re freaking out”

Cypress, California — Fifty thousand Southern California residents remain under evacuation orders Monday after emergency crews raced to prevent a tank holding a volatile industrial chemical from exploding at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove. Officials announced Monday morning that they believed they turned a corner but that a threat still remained. The threat centered … Read more

Minneapolis daycare owner charged with fraud tried to flee country days after closing center, prosecutors allege

Federal fraud charges were unsealed Wednesday against a Minnesota daycare owner who prosecutors allege tried to flee the country just two days after shutting the daycare center down.  Federal prosecutors said Future Leaders Early Learning — a site sponsored by Feeding Our Future — pretended to feed children during the pandemic, but pocketed much of … Read more

DOJ sentences pair in $522M DNA testing fraud scheme after suspect tried to flee US

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Two men were sentenced Monday for charges related to orchestrating a sprawling $522 million fraud scheme that targeted Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers — using kickbacks, fake medical orders and DNA samples collected from patients across the country. Reyad Salahaldeen, 57, of Buford, Georgia, … Read more

Archaeologists at Pompeii use AI to reveal the face of a victim trying to flee the Mount Vesuvius eruption

Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history’s most famous natural disasters. The digital portrait represents an older … Read more

Southern US wildfires force residents to flee, leaving them unsure if their homes are standing

NAHUNTA, Ga. — NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through the South have forced hundreds of Georgia residents to flee in minutes, leaving them distraught about the homes and animals they left behind. The fires that spread this week during an extreme drought in Georgia and Florida have blanketed cities hundreds of miles (kilometers) away … Read more