Wine Country Wildfires, State of Emergency Declared

[van id=”us/2017/10/09/wildfires-rage-in-californias-wine-country-orig-trnd-lab.cnn”] Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba Counties Due to Fires (CNN) – Wildfires in California’s wine country raged overnight forcing evacuations from a hospital, homes and hotels as they spread across roads and torched several structures, local officials told CNN. Multiple people were treated for injuries, CNN affiliate…MORE

Wildfires Rage in Calif. Wine Country

(CNN) – Wildfires in California’s wine country raged overnight forcing evacuations from a hospital, homes and hotels as they spread across roads and torched several structures, local officials told CNN. Multiple people were treated for injuries, CNN affiliate KPIX reported. The blazes engulfed acreage in Sonoma and Napa counties as responders worked through the night…MORE

Las Vegas Shooter’s Gambling Habits Revealed

[van id=”us/2017/10/09/las-vegas-shooter-gambling-habits-revealed-newday-dnt-lah.cnn”] (CNN) – An improvised team of Las Vegas police officers — two K-9 officers, a detective and a SWAT team member — converged on the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on October 1, as Stephen Paddock was firing into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers. Minutes later, they breached the gunman’s hotel room door.…MORE

California Ag Company Removing Non-GMO Label

  Mann Packing will remove the “non-GMO” label term from select products because the company says it “doesn’t want to perpetuate a fear that something is wrong with GMOs.” PRWeek reported the company is turning an about-face, after getting some products verified under the Non-GMO Project. The company is removing the non-GMO verified check from…MORE

Hurricane Nate Floods Gulf Coast Cities

[van id=”van/batchfeed/2017/10/08/storyful_acc09a80-ac0f-11e7-a1ce-35544966303c”] (CNN) – Hurricane Nate made its second US landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, shortly after midnight local time Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane. Nate is the first hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Just hours earlier, Nate had made its first US landfall near the mouth of the…MORE

VP Pence Bolts Colts Game Over Player Protest

[van id=”us/2017/10/08/pence-departs-nfl-game-after-anthem-kneeling-nr.cnn”] WASHINGTON (CNN) – Vice President Mike Pence left a football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday after some players knelt during the national anthem, saying he did not want to “dignify” the event. “I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event…MORE