Wildfires raging in the Florida Panhandle have forced nearly 500 people to evacuate from their homes, authorities said.
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North Dakota's version of Paul Bunyan statue gets facelift
Sixty-three years ago, the late Fred LaRocque built a statue of a cowboy on the east side of New Town. LaRocque built the approximately 19-foot-high statue to honor the "Old Time Cowboys of the Open Range."
Local
Afghan refugees leave Wisconsin for new home and new life
After a 47-day journey, Momtazudin Furmoli and his family are finally headed home — a new home, 7,000 miles away from the one they left in Afghanistan as refugees.
Politics
Biden says he's open to shortening length of new programs
President Joe Biden says he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate some entirely, as Democrats struggle to win support from moderates by trimming what had been a $3.5 trillion proposal.
Nation
California snacking 'Safeway Bear' shot and killed
A black bear that was caught on video snacking on food in stores near Lake Tahoe was shot and killed over the summer when it refused to leave a California campsite, authorities said.
Nation
Netflix employee fired in wake of Chappelle special furor
Netflix said Friday that it had fired an employee for disclosing confidential financial information about what it paid for Dave Chappelle's comedy special "The Closer," which some condemned as being transphobic.
