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A fast-spreading wildfire in California‘s wine country prompted mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters continued to battle the blaze from the ground and air into Monday. The Pickett Fire in Northern California’s Napa County has burned some 6,803 acres since it broke out Thursday, according to the latest update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. As of Monday, …

At least a half-dozen universities across the country welcomed students to first-day-of-fall classes Monday with run-and-hide warnings about possible gunmen on campus. In almost all the cases, police and administrators said the reports were hoaxes or swatting calls, which is when someone uses temporary cellphone numbers and voice-cloaking apps to create havoc. A few campuses said simply that no evidence …

HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts by U.S. immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, a country to which the Salvadoran national has no ties, has again focused attention on efforts by the Trump administration to send people to countries other than their own. The administration’s agreements with so-called third countries have been contested in court by advocacy groups, who …

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Country music star Hailey Whitters took to social media on Sunday with some big-time life news. That news? Well, the 35-year-old singer is pregnant. Whitters made the revelation on Instagram posing in a photo kissing her husband Jake Gear while holding a hand on her belly. “Our greatest production yet,” she wrote. “Baby boy coming in Nov!” Fans, friends and …

50 Years After ‘Born to Run,’ We Took a Trip to Springsteen Country  The Wall Street Journal Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ still speaks to a nation vacillating between hope and despair  The Conversation SONY MUSIC CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘BORN TO RUN’ WITH FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF ‘LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK’  Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Thrills Fans With 50-Year-Old …

A firefighting helicopter drops water onto the Pickett Fire as it burns in the hills near a vineyard on Aug. 21, 2025 in Calistoga, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Evacuation orders are in effect as wildfires blaze across the West, including in California’s scenic Napa County. The Pickett Fire, which has burned nearly 4,690 …

FOX Business’ Jeff Flock reports on Cracker Barrel’s rebrand, including changes to its logo and interior makeover. Cracker Barrel hosted a pop-up event on Thursday in Manhattan that included line dancing and live country music in the midst of blowback for its new simplified logo design, which removed the iconic image of Uncle Herschel leaning against a barrel. The “A …

Living in the US poses a major threat to a person’s health, and for people between the ages of 25 and 44, the threat is worse, research has found.  About three million deaths are recorded in the US annually, but the nation’s mortality rate is far higher than that of its peers. Researchers calculate a gap between the US and …

Khamzat Chimaev worked his entire career for the UFC middleweight title. Just a couple of days after winning it from Dricus du Plessis atop the UFC 319 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Chicago, “Borz” flew to Chechnya to surrender the strap to human rights hurter and head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. If you’re unfamiliar with Kadyrov’s highlight reel, he’s …