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Fired FEMA supervisor cites 'political hostility' as reason for avoiding homes with Trump lawn signs

The Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who was fired after she told her staff to skip hurricane-damaged homes with Trump signs in their yards says it wasn't an isolated incident and is a "colossal event."






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Mum-of-four who died in Manchester house fire named as heartbreaking tributes pour in



A mum-of-four was tragically found dead at her home following a fire.




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Fired FEMA employee says instructions to skip Trump homes were part of ‘colossal avoidance’ policy

A FEMA supervisor fired for instructing subordinates to skip over houses with Trump signs says her actions were consistent with agency guidance and were not isolated to her team alone.



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In Photos: Celebrating Hawaii’s Wonder a Year After the Maui Wildfires

In his latest book, The Blue on Fire: Hawaii, photographer Enzo Barracco hopes to inspire the world to protect the ocean.




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It’s Time to Redefine What a Megafire Is in the Climate Change Era

It's not the reach of a fire that matters most; it's the speed. Understanding this can help society better prepare.





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Is Wildfire Smoke Causing Birds to Tend to Empty Nests?

New studies suggest smoke from western megafires may be damaging bird health and leading to strange behavior





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Dry weather in New York and New Jersey leads to a rash of dangerous wildfires

Wildfires have been raging in New York and New Jersey. People in some areas have been asked to prepare for possible evacuations.




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23 arrested after close to 100 shots fired in Toronto's west end

Toronto police say they have arrested 23 people after close to 100 shots were fired outside a recording studio in Toronto’s west end on Monday night – though no one was injured. 



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'Let The Fire Burn': A Philadelphia Community Forever Changed

On May 13, 1985, after a long standoff, Philadelphia municipal authorities dropped a bomb on the headquarters of the African-American radical group MOVE. In the documentary Let the Fire Burn, director Jason Osder uses archival footage to chronicle the years of tension that ended in tragedy.






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UPDATE: FAA grounds flights to Haiti after two planes struck by gunfire...


UPDATE: FAA grounds flights to Haiti after two planes struck by gunfire...


(Second column, 13th story, link)





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Alberta government fires AIMCo board, four top executives, in 'reset' for pension fund manager

The province says the move comes "after years of AIMCo consistently failing to meet its mandated benchmark returns." For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the AIMCo board's sole director and chair. Senior public servant Ray Gilmour has been appointed interim CEO.



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Indian pharma stresses for enhanced fire safety measures and improved insurance coverage for employees

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is advocating for enhanced fire safety measures and improved insurance coverage for employees working in pharmaceutical facilities.




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Parents Labeling a Kid’s Friend a Bad Influence Can Backfire

Is your kid in trouble? Blaming their friends is ill advised




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Thai drama under fire for drugging cat for real in death scene, allegedly causing it seizures

The quest for realism in Thai drama The Empress of Ayodhaya went too far when a cat was reportedly drugged in a poisoning scene. In episode five of the show, the character Indravedi (Fern Nopjira Lerkkajornnamkul) suspects her drink has been drugged, so she asks nanny Thongdee (Ja Molywon Phantara) to test it out on the black feline. The cat can be seen convulsing and retching, and the camera moves to show Indravedi looking concerned, while Thongdee declares that it is dead. The scene caused public outrage with fears that the cat had actually been killed, and calls to ban the period drama were trending on X. On Nov 7, a now-deleted X account reportedly belonging to Ja posted: "The cat didn't actually die. We put it under anaesthesia, but while filming, the cat retched and seized." She and Fern initially thought the cat had actually died while filming and their faces "turned pale", she added.




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America Fueled the Fire in the Middle East

Stephen Walt argues that the tragic irony is that the individuals and organizations in the United States that have been the most ardent in shielding Israel from criticism and pushing one administration after another to back Israel, no matter what it does, have in fact done enormous damage to the country that they were trying to help.




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Why Fans Think Chappell Roan Has Fired Her Manager Nick Bobetsky

Renowned singer Chappell Roan has stirred discussions among her fans after she commented on Billboard’s post that stated that she has parted ways with her management team and manager, Nick Bobetsky. She recently made headlines after her name was inducted into the list of candidates who are nominated in the big categories of next year’s […]

The post Why Fans Think Chappell Roan Has Fired Her Manager Nick Bobetsky appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.




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Браузеру Firefox исполнилось 20 лет

Проект Mozilla празднует двадцать лет с момента первого выпуска браузера Firefox, который стал прорывным для своего времени. Всего спустя 5 месяцев после первого релиза Firefox отвоевал 6% рынка браузеров, уменьшив долю MSIE до 89.04%. Ключевыми особенностями Firefox были использование вкладок для отображения сайтов и задействование языка XUL для формирования интерфейса и разработки дополнений. До Firefox интерфейс на основе вкладок предоставляли только проприетарный браузер Opera и свободный проект Galeon, который из-за проблем со стабильностью и конфликта в среде разработчиков был заброшен и забыт, вскоре после появления Firefox.




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"Complete Charade": Qatar Withdraws from Ceasefire Talks, Middle East Prepares for Trump Presidency

We speak with Dutch Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabbani about the latest developments in the Middle East as Israel continues its deadly assaults on Gaza and Lebanon. Qatar recently announced it will no longer act as mediator for ceasefire talks, saying the two sides were not serious about reaching a deal to stop the fighting. “This entire process from the outset has been a complete charade,” Rabbani says of the U.S.-backed ceasefire negotiations, urging Egypt to follow suit and also stop acting as a mediator. Rabbani also discusses how a second Trump administration could deal with the region, saying Trump’s “erratic” behavior makes predictions difficult, but that signs point to a more aggressive posture toward Iran.




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Garena Free Fire Max Redeem Codes for November 13, 2024: Unlock Exclusive In-Game Rewards

Redeem Codes for Garena Free Fire Max on November 13, 2024: Gain an advantage over your opponents or enhance your character's appearance with these codes, offering in-game items for free. Acquire weapons, skins, diamonds, and more through these codes. Garena Free Fire




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Unprecedented Fire Season Has Raged Through One of Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots

More than 500 fires have burned across Colombia, including in its delicate and unique highland wetlands, one of the fastest evolving ecosystems on Earth





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Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?

The US Department of Homeland Security is trialling chemical sensors that detect the first whiff of smoke in the air and alert fire crews while a potential blaze is still smouldering




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Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they did two decades ago

In the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over the past two decades




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Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high

An annual accounting of CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and land use change finds no sign emissions will peak this year




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Wildfires Of No Consequence 

Billowing menace, acrid scents  Old growth, saplings charring together  While out of sight, fawns distressed race And the owl’s perch succumbs.  Golden hordes breaching firebreaks  Rapine alight windswept, rapacious, desiccation stoked   Consuming canopies, no quarter given While rooted tributaries blazing course underfoot.  Slight deluges, drawn from placid lakes Lofted by fraught metaled battalions Plunge pityingly […]

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‘I got extra pay, a box of chocolates, [and] an apology': Karen gets fired after screaming for 40 minutes at a customer service rep because they refuse to break company policy

Is it really so difficult to be kind to the customer service person trying to troubleshoot your problem over the phone? I get it, everything's falling to pieces on your end, but it doesn't make any logical sense to be unsavory to the one person who can actually help you.  

This Karen in our next story proved that being aggressive over the phone doesn't get you everything you want, and sometimes it can get you fired…. Or maybe even investigated by the Feds. 

Imagine, this customer service employee was about 15 seconds from clocking out for the day–it was Friday at 4:59:45 PM and they were grabbing their coats on their way out and the blasted phone rang. Seeing that the number was from an internal caller, as in, someone within their company, the employee thought this would be a simple thing to solve and that they could make quick work of their coworker's problem. Except, the woman on the other end of the line wasn't looking for solutions, she was looking for a customer service rep to break the rules for her. 

Keep scrolling to see how a 40-minute IT support call turned into an apology letter, a box of chocolates, and an immediate, dishonorable resignation. 




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'I didn't even think it was possible to get fired at orientation': 20+ Employees who were stunned to be fired for their big mistakes

In case you've never considered it before, yes, you can get fired at your job orientation. It probably makes things easier for the hiring team. Why bother hiring a person who can't even make it through the first few days of the gig?

Some people get hired at a job, but they make it clear from day one that they're just utterly uninterested in doing work for even a minute. One guy chose to only work from 10 AM-12 PM each day, which is iconic of him, and I wish him all the best. Another woman became notorious for her habit of refusing to work, and only riding the office tricycle all day! It's pretty startling that some people make it so blatantly obvious how little they want to work. Have some subtlety! Just do what a lot of higher-ups do and work half a day, grab a long lunch with your coworkers, then claim you're taking a phone meeting and leave at 3 PM. How hard could it be to get away with that? Keep scrolling to read some of the funniest stories about coworkers getting fired early on. 

After that, read the tale of the babysitter who ate about $25 of a $90 cake, and the woman she babysat for (her own aunt!) wants to be repaid ASAP. 




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Watch: Tower falls as historic church destroyed by fire

Video shows the San Francisco Church in Iquique, Chile engulfed in flames, with smoke rising above it.




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Huge fire engulfs shopping centre in Brazil

There have been no reported fatalities, according to the fire department.




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Airlines suspend Haiti flights after plane hit by gunfire

It is the second time in weeks an aircraft has come under fire over Port-au-Prince, as gang violence worsens.




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Young England face 'baptism of fire'

England's hockey squad is going "in at the deep end" at the Champions Trophy in Australia, says coach Jason Lee




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Wildfires in Arsenic-Contaminated Mining Areas: An Emerging Health Threat

Unusual medlinkarsenic/medlink release from wildfires poses a huge threat to human and environmental health, reveals a new study. The findings of




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Bushfire threat forces evacuation of Australian town

Residents of a town in the Australian state of Queensland have been evacuated due to a threat posed by a fast-moving bushfire.




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Reported engine explosion sparks fire at Sydney Airport

A grassfire was ignited next to a runway at Sydney Airport following a reported engine explosion on a Qantas flight upon takeoff




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OnlyFans’s Ami Gan and Keily Blair join us at Disrupt for a SFW fireside chat

It’s been a tumultuous year for OnlyFans, the popular subscription-based social media platform best known for hosting explicit content and offering an online safe haven to the sex workers who create it. In August 2021, the company launched OFTV, a streaming platform featuring safe-for-work content, a move widely seen as an attempt to attract investors […]

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As Firefox turns 20, Mozilla ponders how to restore it to its former glory

Exactly 20 years ago, Mozilla started shipping version 1.0 of its Firefox browser. At the time, you could download it or buy a CD-ROM with a guidebook from Mozilla (or maybe get it on one of those free CDs that would come with many magazines at the time). Born out of the ashes of Netscape, […]

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Japan Building Fires Leaves Dozens Dead

A blaze swept through a mental-health clinic in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, leaving 27 feared dead. Police said they are investigating the fire as a case of suspected arson. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters




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JPM Veteran Corio Joins Miller Buckfire

Restructuring adviser Miller Buckfire & Co. is growing its bankruptcy and restructuring practice once again after prominent bankers departed about two years ago.





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Alec Baldwin Speaks Out About Misfire of Prop Gun on Set of ‘Rust’

Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the set of the Western film “Rust” on Thursday, killing a crew member and wounding the movie director, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office. Baldwin said Friday that he is fully cooperating with the police investigation. Photo: Jim Weber/Associated Press




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Chattagram Fire: বিধ্বংসী আগুনে পুড়ে ছাই কর্ণফুলী মার্কেট

Chattagram Fire: পরিস্থিতি দ্রুত নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা না গেলে আশপাশের ভবনেও আগুন ছড়িয়ে যাওয়ার আশঙ্কা ছিল বলে জানান স্থানীয়রা। বাংলাদেশের ফায়ার সার্ভিস কন্ট্রোল রুম সূত্র জানায়, আগুন নিয়ন্ত্রণে বায়েজিদ স্টেশনের পাঁচটি ইঞ্জিন কাজ করে




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Ponting Fires Back At Gambhir After India Coach's Press Conference Remarks

Ricky Ponting didn't hold back on Gautam Gambhir's criticism, calling the India head coach a 'prickly character'.