A bill to improve how the federal government tracks wildfire prevention work passed the House in a near-unanimous 406-4 vote Wednesday, a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over 100 years killed at least 115 people in Hawaii. The bill, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, was proposed this year after an…
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Pakistan cable car rescue: How commandos rescued trapped students
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Minutes after walking his teenage son to the cable car he takes to school Tuesday, Umraiz Khan said, he heard a loud noise followed by the sound of people screaming. Running back down to where he had left Irfan, 14, he said he saw the cable car dangling around 900 feet above the…