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Kern County firefighters and U.S. Forest Service crews contained a Bodfish fire that destroyed a double-wide mobile home and spread into nearby grass. (Kern County FD)

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Kern County Crews Contain Bodfish Fire After Flames Spread to Grass

The logo for Union Pacific Railroad is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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US Freight Railroads Lose Appeal Challenging New Rule Requiring at Least Two-Person Crews

A man shops for an oven at a Home Depot store in New York July 29, 2010. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

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US Appeals Court Voids Biden-Era Efficiency Rule for Stoves, Ovens

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Global Youth Unemployment Rises Amid Sluggish Job Creation and Looming AI Risk, UN Labor Agency Says

Fresno police are asking for the public’s help finding sisters Elise Madden (left), 14, and Jeanell Madden, 13, who were last seen Monday night in Fresno. (Fresno PD)

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Fresno Police Seek Sisters, Ages 13 and 14, Last Seen Monday Night

Arlene Smith performs at the Ponderosa Stomp in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park in New York, July 30, 2011. Smith, the lead singer and songwriter of the Chantels, a quintet that in the late 1950s helped start the “girl group” wave with a ballad, “Maybe,” that became one of doo-wop’s most enduring hits, died on July 29, 2026, in the Bronx. She was 84. (Michael Nagle/The New York Times)

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Arlene Smith, Whose Song ‘Maybe’ Helped Define Doo-Wop, Dies at 84