ARTICLES BY PAUL ELIAS

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California wildfire incinerates town

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

California wildfire incinerates town

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public

SAN FRANCISCO — Dealing a blow to gun supporters, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Americans do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Dark Web' drug sites challenge law enforcement

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

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'It's a legal battle from state to state'

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

More humane going forward?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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Brown urges speedy return to gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Jerry Brown urged a federal appeals court Friday to waste no time in allowing gay marriages to resume in California now that a lower court has overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Walls of water overwhelm surfing contest

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Despite big wave warnings, two walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving some with broken bones but sparing them from being pulled into the ocean.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO