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The BC Wildfire Service says the two fires burning near Westwold are both less than a hectare in size. A fire officer says the Castanet K40148 and K40149 fires have both crews in attendance. Three crew members are at K40148 while the K40149 has one person managing the fire. “The chance of success for them is quite high,” the officer said. The causes of the fire are being investigated, but it is possible that they were caused by humans....

Reports that UCLA may not join the Big 10 until 2024 are being fought by Newsom and other state officials. Newsom told Fox News that an investigation is already underway to see what can be done to stop the UCLA flight. The future of the Pac-12 has been clouded by the planned departures of UCLA and rival USC to the BIG 10, which is heavily based in the Midwest region, with outposts on the East Coast with Rutgers and Maryland....

Er rechnet mit einem endgültigen Vertrag im September. Der Puma ist eines der Hauptfahrzeuge des Wehrtechnikherstellers Rheinmetall in der südlichen Lüneburger Heide. Eine konkrete Zahl gab es vom Verteidigungsministerium nicht. Generell habe man sich nur für die Beschaffung weiterer Exemplare entschieden, sagte eine Sprecherin. Er bezog sich auf eine Tagesordnung von Ministerin Christine Lambrecht (SPD) und Generalinspekteur Eberhard Zorn zu Veränderungen bei den Bodentruppen. „In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die Entscheidung für das Waffensystem Puma gefallen“, sagte er....

U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. ruled in an order Friday for the 20 state attorneys general who sued last August alleging that the Biden administration’s directives violate states’ right to enact laws that, for example, prevent students from participating in sports based on gender identity or requiring schools and businesses to provide bathrooms and showers to accommodate transgender people. Atchley, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020, agreed with the attorneys general’s argument and issued a temporary order preventing agencies from implementing those LGBTQ discrimination guidelines until the issue is resolved by the courts....

The United States and the Russian space agencies have signed a long-awaited agreement to integrate flights to the International Space Station (ISS), allowing Russian cosmonauts to fly in US-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to board Russia’s Soyuz. In a statement on Friday, Roscosmos said the agreement with NASA “is in the interests of Russia and the US and will promote the development of cooperation within the ISS program....

The criticism comes after India’s Enforcement Directorate – the country’s main financial investigation agency – raided Chinese smartphone major Vivo on money laundering charges earlier this week. In a press release on Thursday, the Indian agency said it had raided 48 Vivo locations in the country and seized 4.65 billion rupees ($60 million) from 119 bank accounts, including fixed deposits, cash and gold bars. In the statement, the Enforcement Directorate accused Vivo of tax fraud and said the company underpaid 624....

Eventually he got tired of it and wanting to change his life for good, he decided to seek the help of a personal trainer. And since then he hasn’t looked back. “I had just turned 50 and I had a clear mind that I had to change my lifestyle or I would struggle in my twilight years,” Mark said. “That’s when I was introduced to Nathan.” READ MORE: Diet: Expert warns of common mistake But by reprogramming his mindset, he found that he was finally making progress....

Today’s unveiling of the image followed President Joe Biden’s initial release of the image on Monday. This shot, dubbed “Webb’s First Deep Field,” showed the cluster SMACS 0723, a massive swirl of galaxies that actually only represents a slice of the universe about the size of “a grain of sand at the tip of your finger at arm’s length, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reported on the live stream. Today’s revelations include a galaxy cluster and a black hole....

“I just enjoy the snowbirds. I see them whenever I can, I’ve seen them for many, many years since I moved back to Fort McMurray years ago, and it just instills a sense of national pride,” said one local woman. “To see the formations, they are just incredible. They get together and break up and it’s just nail biting, another local added. Having passed nearly a decade since the snowbirds put on a show in Kelowna, the Canadian Forces pilots were thrilled with the turnout as well as the response from the locals....

ARIES (March 21 – April 20): The more confusion that swirls around you this weekend, the more opportunities there will be to convince people in positions of power that you know how to ignore the distractions and achieve the goals they’ve set for you. Show them you’ve got what it takes. TAURUS (April 21 – May 21): The Sun in Cancer conjunct Uranus in your sign this weekend means you won’t let little things like “the rules” get in your way....

Bundeskanzler und ÖVP-Bundesvorsitzender Karl Nehammer sieht sich wegen seiner „Alkohol- oder Psychopharmaka“-Aussage beim Tiroler Landesparteitag am vergangenen Samstag nun mit Kritik aus den eigenen Reihen konfrontiert. Er verstehe „in diesem Fall natürlich den Ärger“, sagte der neue Tiroler ÖVP-Vorsitzende und Spitzenkandidat bei der Landtagswahl, Anton Mattle, auf eine entsprechende Frage bei „Tirol Live“, dem Online-Talk der „ Tiroler Tageszeitung”. „Das sind vielleicht unüberlegte Äußerungen, die man spontan macht und meint, man könne es im eigenen Kreis machen....

Photo: Photo via Surrey RCMP. Surrey RCMP were able to recover another one of 14 stolen guitars 15 years later after a break and enter in July 2007. After 15 years, a Surrey musician got back another one of his 14 stolen guitars. Country music musician and promoter, Mitch Merrett, had 14 of his guitars stolen from his storage locker in a break and enter in July 2007. The guitars were valued at approximately $25,000....

In early 2022, the 31-year-old was a semi-retired network cabling engineer who was most likely to be found “chilling out and snowboarding.” Then on February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. The Stockwell resident was so furious he couldn’t sleep for three days. In the end, despite having no combat experience, he traveled to the war-torn country and enrolled in the foreign legion. Four months later, he is still fighting as an infantryman on one of the many front lines where the fighting is fierce....

As the first funerals are held for the victims of the Independence Day mass shooting near Chicago in Illinois, the mayor of the town where it happened, Highland Park, revealed her surprise at discovering the handbook’s existence. Image: Vice President Kamala Harris (L) with Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (R) “No mayor is ever prepared for this [shooting] but there is a mayoral handbook for situations after mass shootings,” Mayor Nancy Rotering told Sky News....