Sullivan, N.Y. – At 79 years old, George Caswell Baker Jr. was in great shape for his age, his family said. He was completing half-marathons into his 70s and could still run a few miles. He even started training to try to run in the Utica Boilermaker next summer. An avid outdoorsman, he was also gearing up for the hunting …
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Under dim Capitol Hill streetlights on September 20, Gary Dziekan headed down 8th Street Northeast dressed in lederhosen, walking home from the Oktoberfest party he co-hosted five blocks away. Dziekan, who goes by “Zeek,” crossed at the intersection with C Street, zeroing in on the short iron gate separating a colorful row of two-story homes from the quiet Washington, DC, …
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Firefighters wait to board a crew helicopter while working the Bear Gulch Fire on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in this provided image from August 2025. Image via Inciweb An Oregon firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while battling a wildfire last month has been released and is back home, his attorneys announced Wednesday. Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez, 23, said he is …
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One of the emergency first responders on the scene of the fatal car crash that claimed the life of Princess Diana 28 years ago today has shared the devastating final moments he spent with the princess Princess Diana was just 36 when she died following a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997(Image: Getty) Princess Diana tragically died 28 …
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Lawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire, saying Friday that the firefighter was already on track for legal status after helping federal investigators solve a crime against his family. His arrest was illegal, the lawyers said, and violated Department of Homeland Security polices that say immigration enforcement …
Read More »SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire, saying Friday that the firefighter was already on track for legal status after helping federal investigators solve a crime against his family. His arrest was illegal, the lawyers said, and violated Department of Homeland Security polices that …
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At least one firefighter arrested in Washington state while battling a blaze on the Olympic Peninsula is a resident of Oregon, his attorneys said Thursday. Attorneys at Innovation Law Lab said they have not been able to contact the man after officers from multiple federal agencies appeared at a wildfire work site Wednesday and arrested the two men. “Although we …
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