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A professor is suing the University of Washington (UW) after administrators punished him for refusing to echo the school’s woke leftist claim that the campus sits on “occupied land” that once belonged to indians, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights (FIRE). According to professor Stuart Reges, “Land acknowledgments are performative acts of conformity that should be resisted, even if it lands you in court.”

A faith-based center for pregnant women in Colorado was vandalized and burned Saturday, and authorities are looking for those responsible.

Police are investigating a woman set on fire June 16 in Philadelphia’s Kensington area, and a report identified her as 36-year-old Alyssa Morales.

Firefighters in Sacramento County, California, say a Tesla fire required some 4,500 gallons of water to extinguish because the batteries kept reigniting.

Three people and two dogs jumped overboard Saturday from a yacht that went up in flames near New Castle, New Hampshire, and were rescued by a citizen.

A Philadelphia firefighter died Saturday after a building collapsed, while several others were sent to a hospital after being extracted from the debris.

Firefighters in Greece on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day in two suburbs of the capital of Athens.

Police in Chicago are looking for a suspect who set fire to a 75-year-old homeless man, widely known as “Walking Dude,” early Wednesday.

A nine-year-old is recovering thanks to the deputies who saved his life in Seffner, Florida, on Friday, and citizens are praising his rescuers.

A Tibet Airlines jet caught fire moments before it was scheduled to lift off on Thursday at an airport in China’s Chongqing city, causing injury to more than 40 passengers as they evacuated the aircraft, Xinhua News Agency reported.

A pit bull puppy named Loki that was rescued from a Sacramento debris fire earlier this month has found its forever home with a firefighter.

A deputy in Florida scaled an apartment building to save a one-year-old girl from a fire on Saturday, and citizens are praising his bravery.

A Colorado man who set himself on fire outside of the Supreme Court on Earth Day has died from his injuries, police said. 

An alleged serial criminal has been charged with arson for a fire at a California Home Depot that caused $17 million in damages, prosecutors say.

Haitians protesting against a recent spike in crime in the Haitian city of Les Cayes on Tuesday stormed a local airport and burned a small jet owned by a U.S.-based Christian missionary group, Reuters reported.

Students at Triad Math and Science Academy in Greensboro, North Carolina, were told Thursday that among them was a hero who helped prevent a tragedy.

A five-year-old New Hampshire boy alerted his parents to a fire on their property, allowing the family to evacuate and save their animals.

A father dropped his child into the arms of first responders when a fire broke out at an apartment building in New Jersey and citizens are praising the crews’ efforts.

Police officers saved an individual trapped by a fire in Dunwoody, Georgia, on Sunday, and citizens are praising their efforts.

Two children were rescued from a fire at a Mesa, Arizona, apartment building on Friday thanks to a heroic citizen and police officer.

A suspect in Memphis, Tennessee, was taken into custody after he allegedly tried to set a local hospital and police officers on fire over the weekend.

A grateful citizen in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently shook hands with the man who saved him when his truck went up in flames in a Chick-Fil-A drive-thru.

Two sets of Chicago families who lost everything they owned in a fire are getting the care and love they need from their school friends.

An Iowa community is banding together to support a family who lost everything they owned in a house fire over the weekend.

A pair of brothers in Massachusetts are being praised for rescuing a husband, his wife, and their historic home from a fire.

Nearly six in ten Americans feel that democracy is threatened in the United States due to people being afraid to voice their opinions, and that 68 percent of Americans agree that people are overly sensitive and looking for ways to be offended, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).

Rival ethnic tribes in Indonesia’s West Papua province clashed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, sparking a nightclub fire that burned 17 people “alive,” BenarNews reported, adding that an 18th victim died from stab wounds sustained in the fighting.

A 41-year-old Detroit man accused of setting fire to his girlfriend, who is pregnant with twins, has bonded out of a Wayne County jail for just $5,000 after posting ten percent of his $50,000 bond, according to a report.

A Turkish-linked mosque in the German city of Chemnitz was heavily damaged following a major fire, which may have been arson.

A mom trapped in a Bronx fire that killed 19 individuals and hurt dozens nearly lost hope she and her children would be rescued, NBC New York reported Monday.

Pope Francis sent a telegram Monday to extend condolences and offer prayers for the 19 victims of a lethal fire Sunday in a Bronx high-rise.

A huge fire that destroyed a large part of South Africa’s parliament has been brought under control, firefighters said on Monday.

Key West Police are searching for two suspects who burned a portion of the Southernmost Point Buoy in the early morning of New Year’s Day.

The Parliament of South Africa caught fire early Sunday morning in Cape Town and burned for several hours, damaging both houses of the national legislature, with no cause yet determined, according to local news reports.

The skies over Belfast, Ireland turned black on Tuesday afternoon as a large fire has engulfed an area near the city’s docks.

A massive fire in the QVC distribution center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, drew a major emergency response early Saturday.