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Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns as a chairlift sits motionless at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest, Calif. The main buildings at the ski slope's base survived as the main fire front passed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Thousands flee Tahoe resort as wildfire descends

by Sam Metz Associated Press/Report for America, and Janie Har Associated Press/Report for AmericaAugust 30, 2021

Sprinklers water grass at a park on Friday, April 9, 2021, in the Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas. A desert city built on a reputation for excess wants to become a model for restraint with a first-in-the-nation policy limiting water use by banning grass that nobody walks on. Parks would not be included, but Las Vegas area water officials are asking the state Legislature to pass a law banning "non-functional turf" in street medians and common areas of communities and office parks....

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Las Vegas wants useless grass a thing of the past

by Sam Metz Associated Press, and Ken Ritter Associated PressApril 12, 2021

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Across the U.S., the surge has swamped hospitals with patients and left nurses and other health care workers shorthanded and burned out. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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US sets 1-day record for virus deaths

by Sam Metz Associated Press, and Ryan J. Foley Associated PressDecember 3, 2020