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A man has set himself on fire outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Authorities responded to the embassy around 1 p.m. on Sunday and found the man with burn injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department told DailyMail.com. He is in critical condition and was taken to the hospital by DC Fire and EMS with critical and life-threatening injuries.' A spokesperson from the Secret Service told DailyMail.com, 'The U.S. Secret Service, Uniformed Division responded to the 3400 Block of International Drive, NW, DC regarding an individual that was experiencing a possible medical / mental health emergency.' **SNIP** The Metropolitan Police...

Before Israel launched its attack on Hamas terrorists in response to their barbaric, murderous acts, I put out a call to pray for the people of Gaza, knowing that many innocent civilians would lose their lives. Since then, I have been in meetings with other Christians where we prayed for the protection of Gazan civilians and for the IDF to use wisdom and restraint in their rightful attempts to eradicate Hamas.

Firefighters made a grisly discovery last month when they found a woman burning alive on the side of an Austin, Texas, road in an upscale suburb – and the victim's devastated family told Fox News Digital they are still trying to comprehend the "incredible loss." The scorched remains of Melissa Davis, 33, were discovered near the intersection of Mesa Drive and Cat Mountain Drive a little after 5 a.m. Sept. 29 by firefighters who were responding to a 911 call of a grassfire, according to the Austin Police Department. "It’s an incredible loss for all of us," said Davis's stepmother...

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety. And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30. One family swerved around the barricade and was safe in a nearby town 48 minutes later, another drove their four-wheel-drive car down a dirt road to escape. One man took a dirt road uphill, climbing above the fire and watching as Lahaina burned. He later picked his way through the flames,...

A criminal inquiry has been opened after a French mayor had his house torched allegedly for his support for an asylum seeker reception centre. Yannick Morez - mayor of Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins, west of Nantes - said the attack on his home was “cowardly and unacceptable”. His property was damaged and two cars were destroyed in the blaze, which happened around 5 am on Wednesday (March 22). Mr Morez thanked neighbours for alerting him to the blaze, which he said had avoided “more dramatic consequences” for him and his wife. Sylvie Canovas-Lagarde, the prosecutor for Saint-Nazaire, said a criminal inquiry had been...

DEVELOPING: ‘Mass Casualty Incident’ reported following explosion at metal manufacturing plant in Bedford, Ohio; massive response underway DEVELOPING: At least 12 people have been severely burned following explosion at I Schumann & Co manufacturing plant; additional ambulances requested to the scene

A man in Sutter County, California, was targeted Wednesday by a group that allegedly tied him up and set him on fire before taking his car. The suspects allegedly tricked the man by pretending to be stranded on the side of the road, KCRA reported Friday, adding that officials with the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office are looking for the alleged carjackers.

A man who was trying to steal gas from a parked up box truck accidentally set himself ablaze in the process as fuel prices continue to soar. The shocking incident was all caught on surveillance camera footage as the man could be seen attempting to siphon fuel from the tank of a vehicle next to which he had parked his own white pickup in Salt Lake City. Authorities believe the man was using a drill in order to access the gas tank during which a spark ignited the flammable liquid. Static electricity, or sparks caused by the friction from the...

Police are searching for two people who burned a part of Key West’s famous Southernmost Point buoy early New Year’s Day after setting a fire near the landmark tourism icon. News outlets report two males lit a Christmas tree on fire in front of the buoy around 3:30 a.m. Saturday and the flames charred sections of the colorful, 4-ton cement monument that reads “90 miles to Cuba, Southernmost Point, Continental U.S.A.” Archival webcam images of the buoy from a marketing company shows two people lighting the tree on fire near the marker, with the flames leaving a large black burn...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) knocked former President Trump on Monday, pointing to the former president’s loss in Old Line State during the 2020 presidential election. “Personally, I'd prefer endorsements from people who didn’t lose Maryland by 33 points,” Hogan wrote on Twitter shortly after Trump announced that he was endorsing Maryland state Del. Daniel Cox (R) for governor in next year’s GOP primary. Hogan, who is barred from running for reelection due to term limits, is backing state Secretary of Commerce Kelly Schultz in the Maryland race. Trump lost the 2020 presidential election in Maryland to Democratic-nominee Joe Biden...

A Texas woman is suing Starbucks over first-degree burns she suffered, claiming she was given the wrong coffee and then spilled it on herself when she gave it back, court papers say. Mary Simms ordered some joe on April 14 from a Starbucks drive-thru in Tomball, Texas, according to the suit filed in Harris County, Texas. The employee informed Simms that she was given the wrong drink and when Simms stopped her car and handed back the coffee, the lid came off and the coffee spilled on Simms’ lap. “As a result of the spill, [Simms] sustained first and second-degree...

American personnel destroyed the passports of some Afghans when they were getting rid of all sensitive materials at the US Embassy in Kabul in preparation for a full evacuation, according an update that Rep. Andy Kim’s office is sharing with people who request assistance with evacuations from Afghanistan. It is unclear why the passports were destroyed, but it is possible diplomats determined it would have been dangerous for the documents to fall into the hands of Taliban members, who could then target those Afghans. Not having a passport creates major complications for Afghans who are desperately and urgently trying to...

A Utah man “obsessed” with the owner of a massage parlor burned down an office building, destroying her business and more than 20 others, authorities said. Alex Kentish Tuita, 37, was charged Wednesday with three counts of aggravated arson and two counts of stalking in the June 13 three-alarm blaze at Ashton Offices, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. Tuita, a former client at the Salt Lake City massage parlor who was banned by its owner, had been stalking her by texting “inappropriate things,” creating a fake Instagram profile of her and challenging her fiancé to a fight, according to...

Rochester News Man Set on Fire at Lyell Avenue Apartment, Dies at the Hospital Mar 16, 2021 The man who was burned when he was set on fire at a Lyell Avenue apartment has died at the hospital. Two boys -- ages 16 and 14 -- were arrested this week for the attack on Friday. Police say the teens sprayed the man with a flammable liquid as he sat in a chair, then lit the man on fire. The unnamed victim had second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body. WHAM1180's Bob Lonsberry reports the man was mentally...

Former FBI Director James Comey, an outspoken opponent of outgoing President Donald Trump, believes the Republican Party “needs to be burned down or changed” moving forward. While Comey long identified as a Republican, he endorsed Joe Biden last year and now believes the Republican Party needs a complete revamp.

Democrats and their allies in the establishment media have been pushing hard for mail-in balloting for the 2020 presidential election.Despite the high potential for fraud, the ineptitude of the U.S. Postal Service and the difficulty some voters have with properly filling out and sending back their ballots, many states have done away with restrictions on who can cast absentee ballots, and several states are mailing ballots to every registered voter.Amid the whole convoluted setup comes an incident out of Baldwin Park, California, where firefighters say someone intentionally chucked a burning newspaper into a ballot drop box, potentially destroying dozens of ballots inside, KABC-TV reported.KCBS-TV said authorities including the...

Park officials say the child ran off a trail Friday near Midway Geyser Basin on the park’s western side. The child slipped and fell into the small thermal feature. The child was flown to a burn unit at a hospital in Idaho Falls with second-degree burns to the lower body and back. Park officials say they’re investigating.

Police investigating burned rainbow flag

NEVADA, Iowa -- A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment. The sentences are to be served consecutively, Story County court records said. A jury convicted Martinez in November. He'd been arrested in June. He's said he tore down the flag that had been hanging from the United Church of Christ in Ames and burned it...

Park spokeswoman Morgan Warthin said Cade Edmond Siemers told rangers he was walking near the famous geyser late Sunday night without a flashlight when he tripped into a hot spring. Siemers was taken by ambulance to West Yellowstone and airlifted to a burn center in Idaho Falls. He could not be reached for comment. Park spokeswoman Morgan Warthin said Cade Edmond Siemers told rangers he was walking near the famous geyser late Sunday night without a flashlight when he tripped into a hot spring. Siemers was taken by ambulance to West Yellowstone and airlifted to a burn center in Idaho...