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Facebook Tweet Email Link Los Angeles AP  —  A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations. The Canyon Fire ignited around 1:30 p.m., growing to over 2.3 square miles in five hours, according to Ventura County emergency response. It remained zero percent contained late Thursday afternoon and was …

Canyon Fire in Ventura County Prompts Evacuation Orders for Thousands  The New York Times Evacuations ordered for fast-burning fire near Ventura, L.A. county border  KTLA Southern California wildfire grows from 50 acres to over 1,000 acres in just hours  Fox News Canyon Fire: Fast-moving brush fire burning near Lake Piru in Ventura County; officials monitoring evacuation orders  ABC7 Los Angeles Photos: Fast-moving Canyon Fire …

Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical editors to attain the prestige that comes with publication, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Large groups of editors and authors appear to have cooperated in what it called “the tide of …

A groundbreaking geological study has revealed a previously underestimated natural threat lurking beneath Canada’s remote northern frontier. The Tintina fault, stretching over 1,000 kilometers across the Yukon and northwest Canada, long thought to be dormant, is now confirmed as an active seismic hazard. Scientists from the University of Victoria, the Geological Survey of Canada, and the University of Alberta have …

Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. One awful spring day in 2025, Luís Amaral sat at his desk at Northwestern University after he had just finished “probably the most depressing project I’ve been involved with.” He had reason to be disheartened. His new study reveals an uncomfortable truth: scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few bad apples. It is …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal resident status are losing access to in-state tuition prices as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The Justice Department has been suing states to end tuition breaks for students without legal residency, starting with Texas in June. It has also filed lawsuits in Kentucky, Minnesota …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Taipei, Taiwan AP  —  Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, which has infected thousands of people. Authorities had reported more than 7,000 cases of the virus as of Wednesday, mostly in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Foshan, some 170 kilometers (105 miles) from Hong …

Thousands of Cars Will Be Auctioned Off During Monterey Car Week. These 16 Are the Coolest  Road & Track Car Lovers Guide to Monterey County  seemonterey.com These Could Be the 10 Most Expensive Cars at the 2025 Monterey Auctions  Hagerty Monterey Car Week Ready to Kick Off 10 Days of Automotive Celebrations | THE SHOP  theshopmag.com Classic Car Week is right around the corner …

TAIPEI, Taiwan — An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures from mosquito nets and clouds of disinfectant, threatening fines for people who fail to disperse standing water and even deploying drones to hunt down insect breeding grounds. More than 7,000 cases of the disease have been reported as of Wednesday, focused largely …

NEW YORK — Saying “enough is enough,” thousands of workers at three Boeing manufacturing plants went on strike overnight less than a year after the company boosted wages to end a separate, 53-day strike by 33,000 aircraft workers. On Monday, about 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified …