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Firefighter Killed at Scene of Wildfire in California Forest

SAN FRANCISCO — A firefighter was killed and another injured Monday battling a wildfire in the Northern California forest, authorities said. The firefighter was killed in Mendocino National Forest north of San Francisco, where a wildfire that started on Aug. …

Lighting Strike Damages Missouri Courthouse

Stoddard County commissioners are assessing the cost of a lightning strike to a courthouse that destroyed phones, a computer and other machinery. The Dexter Daily Statesman reports the Aug. 6 strike hit a rod on top of the building. It …