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A man scaled several floors down the side of a 19-story building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers. The fire at the Holden Tower apparently began in a trash chute about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, causing flames to shoot out and spread heavy smoke to all floors of the high-rise. All residents were able to escape the building, with some who have mobility issues being carried out by other residents.

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:51:00 -0400

After claiming he wasn’t happy that his supporters broke into a “send her back” chant at his rally in North Carolina, President Trump on Friday fumed over the media coverage of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s return to Minnesota.

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:46:35 -0400

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has affirmed a state committee's rejection of a proposal to build a hydropower transmission line that would carry electricity from Canada to markets in southern New England. In its Friday ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a decision by the state's Site Evaluation Committee over concerns from communities and environmentalists that the Northern Pass project would harm the region's tourism industry and hurt property values. The utility company behind the project, Eversource, had argued that the committee never considered all the evidence supporting the project or the possible ways the company could mitigate opponents' concerns.

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:46:32 -0400

A Paris court rejected a compensation claim Friday related to the 1994 sinking of an Estonian ferry, which remains one of Europe's deadliest maritime disasters. Raivo Hellerma, a spokesman for Memento Mare, a group that represents mainly Estonian victims of the disaster, was more stoic, saying "we had no expectations" in the case.

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:41:39 -0400

The spokeswoman for Spain's caretaker government says acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is willing to go into a coalition with the far-left United We Can party, so long as its leader, Pablo Iglesias, does not have a seat at the Cabinet table. Spokeswoman Isabel Celaá said Friday that "the offer of a coalition government is on the table" for United We Can to consider before next week's confidence votes. Sánchez needs the support of United We Can and other parties to receive the endorsement of Spain's Parliament to form a new government.

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:41:27 -0400