A quickly growing fire in Riverside County torched more than 500 acres of land and prompted evacuation orders on Monday, ...

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The fire is has burned approximately 478 acres with a "dangerous rate of spread" through heavy brush, firefighters said.

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A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United States. STANDING UNITEDGeorge Washington, standing at right, presides over the ...