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Wildfires encroach on homes near Denver as firefighters face sweltering heat

By JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LITTLETON, Colo. — A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes, but authorities said Thursday they were hopeful that hundreds of threatened residences could be saved as they grapple with sweltering temperatures and firefighters suffering heat exhaustion. The fire was among several threatening heavily populated areas of the Colorado foothills, including one in which a person was killed earlier this week. Almost 100 large fires are burning across the western U.S. The largest — Northern ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Tonight, clear, with a low around 62. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Extended forecast: Saturday, sunny, with a high near 82. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Saturday night, a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Sunday, a 30 percent chance of showers before 8 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Sunday night, mostly clear, with a low around 59. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Monday night, ...

Rains in North Korea flood thousands of houses and farmland, state media says

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The recent heavy rains in northwestern North Korea flooded thousands of houses and a vast extent of farmland and left many residents homeless and living in makeshift tents, North Korea’s state media reported Wednesday. North Korea earlier said more than 5,000 people stranded in Sinuiju city and Uiju town were rescued by airlift and other evacuation work after Saturday’s rains caused a river on the Chinese border to swell. But it hadn’t mentioned any specific damage, or said if there were any casualties. North Korea ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 10 percent chance of showers after 4 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Tonight, a 10 percent chance of showers before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming ...

1 person killed in Colorado wildfires as blazes torch large areas of the U.S. West

By JESSE BEDAYN, MATTHEW BROWN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and OLGA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. — A person was killed in one of several wildfires threatening heavily populated areas of the Colorado foothills, authorities said Wednesday, as almost 100 large blazes burned across the western U.S. The death came in a fire near the town of Lyons that had burned more than two square miles by Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The person’s remains were discovered at one of five homes that burned, Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson said. Johnson said detectives were ...

Today in History: Aug. 1, America gets its MTV

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2024. There are 152 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles. Also on this date: In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state in the Union, less than a month after the US Centennial (earning it the nickname “the Centennial State”). In 1907, a week-long boys’ camping event began on Brownsea Island in southern England, organized by Robert ...