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ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency because of a dozen wildfires. Some have destroyed homes, forced evacuations and damaged infrastructure. In Oregon, 30 fires were reported over 24 hours. In Washington state, a wildfire burned down six to eight homes.
BEIJING (AP) — Officials suspect dust was to blame for an explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors. It killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others. It was China's most serious industrial disaster since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last year.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel now says the soldier it previously stated was captured by Hamas fighters in Gaza was actually killed in battle. Reports on Friday of the capture sparked international condemnation and triggered a fierce assault and search in southern Gaza that left dozens of Palestinians dead and scores of homes destroyed. Details of the soldier's death were not released.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The head of an international recovery mission says investigators have been using sniffer dogs at the wreckage site of a downed Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine and have recovered more human remains. A team of 70 Dutch and Australian investigators were at the site Saturday for the second straight day, despite the ongoing conflict between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists.
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say an American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa was able to walk from an ambulance into an Atlanta hospital after he arrived in the U.S. Saturday. It's the first time anyone infected with Ebola is believed to have been brought into the country for treatment. Another infected American aid worker is expected to arrive in Atlanta within a few days.
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