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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fire officials in California say drones above a fast-moving wildfire forced the diversion of firefighting aircraft. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Lee Beyer says it was the fourth time in a span of a month that a drone disrupted efforts to suppress a wildfire in the region. The fire started in the Cajon Pass along Interstate 15 — the main highway between Southern California and Las Vegas — and quickly spread across 3,500 acres. The flames destroyed 20 vehicles and burned at least four structures. Another 50 homes are threatened.
DENVER (AP) — A published report says lightning struck a group of hikers in Colorado, killing one and injuring three others. Derek Bos with the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office tells The Denver Post that emergency crews were called to a trailhead Friday afternoon. The coroner's office confirmed the death of a 31-year-old woman. One of the hikers was flown by helicopter to a hospital. The other two suffered minor injuries.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard says a plane with five people aboard crashed in southeast Alaska, killing one person. A Coast Guard statement Friday says the four were transported by helicopter to a Juneau hospital. Juneau police say they received a 911 call from someone saying they had been involved in a crash.
SYDNEY (AP) — A strong earthquake in the South Pacific generated a tsunami warning, but officials say it's now been cancelled. Officials say the magnitude 6.9 quake struck the Santa Cruz Islands in the eastern Solomon Island chain, but no damage or casualties were reported.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama did a New York fundraiser in New York before taking the rest of the night off to spend time with his daughters. The threesome — plus some of the girls' friends — lingered past 11 p.m. at Carbone, an Italian restaurant. And then it was off to the Whitney Museum of American Art for an after-hours tour.
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