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New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates people's constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates people's constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates people's constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates people's constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

U.S. judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge Friday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

U.S. judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge Friday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

California expands drought emergency to large swath of state

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation's most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

California expands drought emergency to large swath of state

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation's most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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