NJ Old Bridge fire update: What’s burning on Peach Lane? Partial building collapse reported

A fourth-alarm mutual aid request followed an Old Bridge apartment fire, with roof flames and partial collapse reported.

A major fire broke out at an apartment building on Peach Lane in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jerseywith flames spreading through the roof and part of the structure collapsing. The incident prompted a fourth-alarm mutual aid request, according to updates shared by local fire-tracking accounts on X and Facebook. A fourth-alarm mutual aid request … Read more

Anthropic under fire as AI model submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

Anthropic faces police backlash after AI submits false crime tip. (REUTERS)

An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide through a Philadelphia police website, the department said in a statement on Friday. Police said the tip was intercepted as spam before it reached investigators. Anthropic faces police backlash after AI submits false crime tip. (REUTERS) Police say false homicide … Read more

Trump sets up committee to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in latest bid to fire her

Trump sets up committee to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in latest bid to fire her

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook leaves the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo) US President Donald Trump has set up a committee to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations that she made false statements in mortgage applications, renewing his efforts to remove her from the central bank.The committee will examine … Read more

A Texas ranch spanning nearly 77,000 acres is back on the market for $180 million after the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire scorched more than half its land; the property has since undergone a major recovery

A Texas ranch spanning nearly 77,000 acres is back on the market for $180 million after the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire scorched more than half its land; the property has since undergone a major recovery

According to reporting from the Fort Worth Business Journal, CoStar News and DTN, the historic Turkey Track Ranch in the Texas Panhandle has returned to the market for $180 million after being pulled from sale following the devastating 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire. The 77,721-acre property has since undergone extensive restoration, including the rebuilding of roughly … Read more

Gaza rescuers says Israeli fire kills seven

Gaza rescuers says Israeli fire kills seven

Gaza’s civil defence rescue service said Thursday that seven people were killed in separate Israeli strikes through the day, while the Isreali army said three of the victims were “military operatives”. Gaza rescuers says Israeli fire kills seven Six of the seven were killed in various parts of Gaza City. Two people were killed in … Read more

France’s student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

France’s student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the student movement were also planned across France on Thursday, underlining the widening scale of the protests. What began as a nationwide student movement over education funding and poor school conditions has escalated into clashes in the French capital. Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris on Thursday, … Read more

‘No excuse for victim blaming’: Mamdani under fire from Democrats and pro-Palestinian left over Oct 7 message

'No excuse for victim blaming': Mamdani under fire from Democrats and pro-Palestinian left over Oct 7 message

File photo: New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a vigil marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s statement marking the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel has drawn criticism from … Read more

Carancho Fire near Fallbrook, Temecula in California prompts emergency response; scary visuals emerge as Healdsburg residents wonder what’s burning

A vegetation fire was visible from both Temecula and Fallbrook in California. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)

The Carancho Fire, a vegetation blaze, broke out in in Riverside County, Californiaon October 6. The fire was reported at the 47200 Block of Rancho Fallbrook Road, Santa Rosa Plateau/De Luz, as per WatchDuty, which tracks active outbreaks across the US. A vegetation fire was visible from both Temecula and Fallbrook in California. Image for … Read more

Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country’s oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country's oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

In November 2023, troops sweeping for a suspected minefield on Mount Geumseong in southwestern South Korea ended up uncovering a small bronze object about four inches beneath the soil. Rather than a landmine, it was a gun, one that may have been buried for more than 600 years, according to a report by Smithsonian Magazine.After … Read more

St Paul fire update: What’s burning near Minneapolis? Residents report heavy smoke

A fire broke out at NPI Tool and Dye on Prior Avenue in St Paul, with crews checking for possible interior spread.

Crews are battling an exterior fire at NPI Tool and Dye on Prior Avenue in St Paul, Minnesota, the St Paul Fire Department said. A fire broke out at NPI Tool and Dye on Prior Avenue in St Paul, with crews checking for possible interior spread. Firefighters are applying water to the blaze and checking … Read more