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An enormous wave crashed onto a Ventura, Calif., beach on Thursday, sweeping away people, cars and trees. Some are calling it a rogue wave, but experts aren’t sure. CBC explains what a rogue wave is, how they are caused and whether we’ll be seeing more of them as the planet …

Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state after Colorado to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.  Trump campaign says it will quickly file …

Military service is compulsory for most Israelis. Those who refuse on political grounds are typically sentenced to prison for up to 10 days initially, and can be sent back to jail multiple times if they continue to refuse. Tal Mitnick’s initial prison sentence of 30 days is harsher than usual, …

Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 13 civilians in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.  Wide variety of weapons used in 18-hour barrage that killed at least 13. Russia launched 122 …

Thousands of people who fled their communities due to a wildfire in northeastern Alberta are allowed to return home, as all emergency alerts are being lifted, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Mayor Sandy Bowman announced Saturday. Rain, cool temperatures lowered fire risk, but wildfire near Fort McMurray still out of …

Wildfire crews are battling an out-of-control wildfire in central British Columbia — one of seven human-caused blazes reported in the Cariboo region on Saturday afternoon, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service. Endako on evacuation alert due to another out-of-control fire west of Vanderhoof Wildfire crews are battling an out-of-control wildfire …

The road was cut off between Prince George and Chetwynd on Wednesday as a wildfire grows southwest of the community. Highway 97 cut off between Prince George and Chetwynd as wildfire grows Highway 97 between Chetwynd and Prince George, B.C., was closed and evacuations of some neighbourhoods in the District …

Officials have confirmed that multiple homes have been damaged, and some destroyed, as a wildfire west of Fort Nelson, B.C., continues to burn Sunday. 10 properties have been damaged and 4 homes lost due to Parker Lake wildfire, regional district says Officials have confirmed that multiple homes have been damaged, …

Some residents of Cold Lake-area First Nations were told they need to evacuate the area immediately as flames approach, while people living in a hamlet near Fort McMurray have had the evacuation alert for their community cancelled. First Nation of Cold Lake #149 residents near the fire told to leave …

The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous communities and the environment could pay a far greater price. Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has intensified, with one …