BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U. S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday. The agency — created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire reduction across public lands — said the firefighters had been part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires on Saturday. “The U. S. Wildland Fire Service stands united with the USDA Forest Service in grief and in our unwavering for be...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U. S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican nomination for U. S. Senate in Louisiana on Saturday, giving President Donald Trump a win after he backed her to replace GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy. Letlow, who was endorsed by Trump, defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in the two-candidate runoff after they finished ahead of Cassidy in the GOP primary May 16. Letlow pledged her loyalty to Trump in a race where Cassidy, who voted to convict the president on impeachment charges a...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A magnitude 5. 9 earthquake struck parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan on Saturday, sending panicked residents across Pakistan rushing out of their homes, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The epicenter was in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. The U. S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 6. 1. Tremors were felt in Islamabad, as well as in the of...