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Firefighters battle massive wildfires in Belgium, Greece as 2 die on an island near Athens

National News August 16, 2026

BAELEN, Belgium — Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fueled fires across parts of Europe. A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 30 square kilometers (12 square miles) in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history. About 600 residents in the nearby municipalities of Waimes and Bütgenbach, in Liège province near the German border, were told to evacuate on Saturday as ...

1 killed, 4 injured in shooting at park in Kentucky

National News August 16, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky said one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a park Saturday evening. Lexington police officers responded just before 7 p.m. to a report of shots fired and found five victims, according to a department statement. One person was declared dead at a hospital while the other four were believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Local news outlets reported that Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said two children, aged 4 and 14, were among those shot at Charles Young Park in downtown Lexington. Weathers ...

Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across Hawaiian islands

National News August 16, 2026

Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Total rainfall of nearly three feet (one meter) was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging ...

Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived

National News August 16, 2026

LAKE CITY, Mich. — A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived and was in stable condition, police said. Chad Hickman, 39, was found dead after a wide search in Missaukee County, police said. Police released the ages and genders of the victims on Saturday but did not specify whether they were related to each other or the suspect. Officers responded Friday morning to reports of a shooting at a ...

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday

National News August 16, 2026

MILAN (AP) — Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian ...

Corgis run, bark and sniff their way to glory at a growing international race

National News August 16, 2026

VILNIUS, Lithuania — It's not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs. There's a costume parade, the "smartest nose," and — of course — the loudest bark. The fifth Corgi Race Vilnius drew dogs and their owners to the ...