34 h. ago A California Gold Rush town was like ‘going back in time’. Then came a wildfire

A 19th-century settlement founded by Chinese miners and said to have hosted outlaw Black Bart was devastated by fireShortly after lightning sparked dozens of wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills this week, author Stephen Provost received news that devastated him.Fire was sweeping through Chinese Camp, a Gold Rush-era town that a group of Chinese miners founded in the 19th century after they were driven out of a nearby settlement. The town’s almost 100 residents were forced to evacuate and news reports showed flames consuming historic buildings. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Major police update as 70 migrants killed in Canary Islands ‘sea murders’

A spokesperson for Spain's national police confirmed people arrested following the migrant deaths 'will be questioned by police before being brought before the courts'

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9 d. ago Unleashed dog kills two dozen newly born sea turtles on Florida beach

The incident at Atlantic Beach in Duval County follows a similar suspected dog attack at Ponte Vedra Beach a few miles away

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2 w. ago Brits warned as stretch of Costa Blanca coast shut after deadly sea creature invasion

The killer blue dragons sea slug, also known as Glaucus atlanticus, feeds on the deadly Portuguese man o’ war and other venomous aquatic beasts and is known for its dazzling appearance

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2 w. ago Another gold rush could bring open pit mines to South Dakota's Black Hills

It has been 150 years since miners first flocked to South Dakota's Black Hills in a gold rush that displaced Native Americans

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3 w. ago Tourists killed on Ukraine beach as swimmers set off sea mines in water

The huge explosion happened as people flocked to the resort amid high temperatures.

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3 w. ago Three Ukraine beachgoers killed by sea mines in Black Sea after ignoring swimming warnings

The Black Sea has long been a popular holiday destination in Ukraine, but many of its beaches have been declared unsafe since the war began

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3 w. ago Woman and two men killed in sea mine explosions at beaches in Ukraine 'after bombs washed into shore'

A woman and two men lost their lives when the blasts ripped through the Black Sea resort area of Zatoka at around 11.30am today.

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3 w. ago At least three swimmers killed after sea mines explode on beaches in Ukraine

Footage shows sun-seekers gathering along the shoreline on the Black Sea resort of Zatoka moments after three swimmers were killed by stray sea mines laid by Vladimir Putin's incompetent naval forces

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4 w. ago Water park horror leaves boy, six, with ruptured liver when woman flies off slide and crashes into him after child's father ignored warnings

CCTV footage shows the child's father ignoring warnings from staff and swimming directly into the slide's path with his son in his arms at a water park in Russia.

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