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Wednesday, July 29, 2026 · 67 stories
The city sent 17,000 letters to property owners who might be eligible for the pied-a-terre tax. “Why are we being targeted?” one Staten Island resident asked.
Police responded to the scene where a 17-year-old was killed after he collided with an SUV near the Brooklyn Bridge. The 17-year-old was heading north on Centre Street when he merged into traffic and collided with an SUV, according to the NYPD.
Rushdie repeatedly at a literary conference in 2022 and could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far.
President Trump met with the leaders of Ukraine and Israel on Tuesday at the White House, heatwave threatens firefighters' hold on wildfires in France and Spain.
Officials say the call initially came in as power lines and a pole on fire near Prospect Avenue and Berry Street around 4:45 a.m. More than a half-dozen vehicles went up in flames along a single New Jersey block overnight, apparent casualties of downed power lines from Tuesday's storms, fire officials said Wednesday. Firefighters had to wait to put out the fire because of the electrical hazard, and as they waited for that threat to clear, the fire spread to seven vehicles, officials said.
Fires also broke out in Muğla province in southern Turkey, closing a key highway Two Greek firefighters have died after they became trapped tackling a wildfire that swept through the Rethymno area of Crete. Witnesses said several fires broke out on Crete and spread fast, with the worst fire front extending as far as 15km (9.3 miles). serious European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled 'It's a hell of a situation': Spain grapples with serious wildfires Although no fatalities have been reported in the fires surrounding Madrid and in Castellón on the east coast,.
Hugo is one of the volunteers who drives to try and help put out the fires "If it's too late, at least we tried," said a defiant Hugo, 26, as he refilled his water tank. It's horrible, it's our home, it's our region, it's our forest, it's where we grew up, it's where our family live, where we live, it's horrible. Pierre Alexandre had refused to leave his bungalow when asked by firefighters "When [the police] said I had to leave, I said no!" confessed Pierre Alexandre.
People are being urged to stay alert, with earthquake aftershocks potentially reaching magnitude 7, officials say.