PHILADELPHIA – Investigators are looking into the possibility that a 5- year-old child who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 people in a Philadelphia rowhome, officials revealed Thursday.
DENVER – A late-season wildfire pushed by hurricane-force winds tore through two densely populated Denver suburbs and seemed destined to leave a trail of deaths. Yet, as of Wednesday, only two people were unaccounted for out of some 35,000 forced from their homes.
A swath of the East Coast was bracing for the second major winter storm in five days while blinding snow, high winds and below-zero temperatures rolled across much of the nation’s northern tier. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Joe Lundberg said a storm that was targeting much of the East should develop into the first “bomb cyclone” of 2022.
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of Jan 10. Palmer Center: 218 N.
University Health: Regular testing hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Testing is available at both sites – the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City.
ST. LOUIS – A news anchor at a St. Louis television station received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticized her for “being very Asian” and told her to “keep her Korean to herself.”
TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday asked that the U.S. military in Japan stay inside its bases to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
NEW ORLEANS – Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S.
Parents sue Kansas City fire department after fatal crash KANSAS CITY – The parents of one of three people killed in a crash with a Kansas City firetruck are suing the city, the fire department and the firetruck’s driver. Michael Elwood, 25, was one of three people who died in the Dec.
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