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1 week ago | 
myheraldreview.com | Edgar Sandoval |Jeremy Peters
Pennsylvania state authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Harrisburg man they said set fire to the governor’s mansion while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept, forcing them to evacuate early Sunday before the blaze severely damaged part of the building. The man, identified as Cody Balmer, 38, jumped a fence and managed to evade state troopers after he broke into the building, authorities said, adding that he had used homemade incendiary devices.
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1 month ago | 
sacbee.com | Isabelle Taft |Edgar Sandoval |Amy Graff |Neil Vigdor
EDITORS NOTE: EDS: REPEATING to update headline and remove Nebraska.); (Attn.: Colo., N.M.); (ART ADV: With photo.); Lucinda Holt contributed reporting from Abernathy, Texas, and Jonathan Wolfe from London. Dozens of fires across Oklahoma have destroyed nearly 300 structures and burned close to 200,000 acres, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Saturday morning, as dangerous fire conditions persisted from Texas to Nebraska.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Edgar Sandoval |Amy Graff |Neil Vigdor
A photo provided by the Texas Department of Safety Highway Patrol shows vehicles overturned on Texas Interstate 27 due to wildfire smoke near Lubbock, Texas on Friday. Fast-moving wildfires were spreading Friday afternoon over portions of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, prompting evacuations, causing several car crashes amid sandstorm conditions and leaving thousands without power.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Edgar Sandoval |Amy Graff |Neil Vigdor
An outbreak of wildfires fueled by dry conditions and hurricane-force winds was rapidly spreading across the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma on Friday, prompting evacuations, wreaking havoc on the roads and leaving thousands without power. Preliminary reports showed that the fires had destroyed some homes in Oklahoma and that at least three people had died in crashes in Texas, according to officials there.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Edgar Sandoval |Amy Graff |Neil Vigdor
Share An outbreak of wildfires fueled by dry conditions and hurricane-force winds was rapidly spreading across the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma on Friday, prompting evacuations, wreaking havoc on the roads and leaving thousands without power.Preliminary reports showed that the fires had destroyed some homes in Oklahoma and that at least three people had died in crashes in Texas, according to officials there.Emergency crews in both states were scrambling to keep up with all the blazes...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval |Amy Graff
A fast-moving wildfire was spreading Friday afternoon over portions of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, prompting evacuations, causing several car crashes amid sandstorm conditions and leaving thousands without power. Preliminary reports showed that at least three people had died in crashes in the greater Amarillo region, according to officials there. By Friday afternoon, more than 100,000 had lost power across the Texas Panhandle region and parts of Oklahoma, according to poweroutage.us.
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2 months ago | 
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Jack Healy |J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval
Era otro día más de la emergencia nacional declarada por el presidente Donald Trump en la frontera suroeste, y no había ni un migrante a la vista a las afueras de Nogales, Arizona. Teresa Fast, agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza, conducía su camioneta por caminos de tierra, pasando junto a otros agentes apostados en el desierto. Sus radios estaban en silencio. “Ahora mismo, en campo, en realidad no tenemos nada de actividad”, comentó.
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2 months ago | 
lasvegassun.com | Miriam Jordan |Edgar Sandoval
Bearing Social Security numbers and employment authorization, workers who recently arrived from places like Haiti and Venezuela have been packing and sorting orders at Amazon; making car parts for Toyota and Honda; and working in hotels, restaurants and assisted-living facilities. On Friday, they woke up to the news from the Trump administration that many of them could be abruptly detained and swiftly deported.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III
Share Sheriff Tom Schmerber, an elected Democrat in Maverick County, Texas, was watching on a television in his office near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as President Trump delivered his second inaugural address.“It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump was saying, as he promised drastic changes to the nation’s immigration system.“I hope so,” Mr. Schmerber replied to the television, with some skepticism.There were immediate changes — especially for migrants with pending appointments to meet...
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III
Sheriff Tom Schmerber, an elected Democrat in Maverick County, Texas, was watching on a television in his office near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as President Trump delivered his second inaugural address. “It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump was saying, as he promised drastic changes to the nation’s immigration system. “I hope so,” Mr. Schmerber replied to the television, with some skepticism.
