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UPDATE: Structure Fire On Spokane's Lower South Hill; 5 People Displaced

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

UPDATE: At least 5 people are displaced after Thursday's fire, according to our partners over at the Spokesman Review. No one was injured. There's still no official cause of fire. UPDATE: According to neighbors they heard a propane tank explode on the back porch. They say two dogs were

BREAKING NEWS: Working Structure Fire On Spokane's Lower South Hill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

SPOKANE, Wash. - Right now crews are on the scene of a structure fire in the area of 8th & Napa. There's no word if anyone has been hurt. We have a KHQ crew on the scene gathering you more details and video. As soon as we get more information we'll post them here on KHQ.com,

Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By DAVID KLEPPER PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their

Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

Syrian air defenses pose formidable challenge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By RYAN LUCAS and BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most formidable air defenses, a system bolstered in recent years by top-of-the-line

Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. The blaze erupted during morning

Juror: Landmark EEOC verdict in Iowa sends message

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A juror says she wanted to send a message by supporting a historic $240 million verdict for 32 mentally disabled men who faced decades of abuse by a Texas company: Never again. Juror Robin Griebel outlined her rationale for awarding $7.5

Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By FARID HOSSAIN and JULHAS ALAMAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious" Friday, hours after the 500th body

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of Los Angeles

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

BANNING, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke

Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Two small but unseasonably early fires burning in northern California's wine country and another wind-whipped blaze farther south likely are a harbinger of a nasty summer fire season across the West. Officials with the National Interagency Fire