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WATCH: Bear runs from wildfire flames in California

(CBS Newspath) -- WATCH: This bear was spotted running away from wildfire flames in California’s El Dorado County on Tuesday (8/31). The Caldor fire has been burning across the area for more than two…

Jam & Lewis are back for the first time with 'Volume One'

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly four decades in the music business helping craft hits for icons like Michael and Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and more, songwriting and producing duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis recently released…

Oxygen supplies grow precarious amid COVID surge

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies tight and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are glimmers of hope in some hotspots. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a hospital recently called 911 after coming within…

Heavy rain from Ida forces Bonnaroo music fest to cancel

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rains from Hurricane Ida have forced Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee to cancel as organizers say the waterlogged festival grounds are unsafe for driving or camping. The annual festival was scheduled to start…

Mike Richards is out as producer of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”, days after he exited as the quiz show’s newly appointed host because of past misogynistic and other comments. Richards is also no longer executive producer of “Wheel…

August 31st: Today in Entertainment History

(AP) -- Today in Entertainment History On Aug. 31, 1948, actor Robert Mitchum was arrested during a Hollywood drug raid. The next year, he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and was sentenced to 60 days in…

Mississippi highway collapses; 2 dead, 10 injured

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured after a roadway collapsed in Mississippi on Monday night. Troopers told WDSU-TV that both the east and westbound lanes…

WATCH: Hurricane Ida damage aerial footage

(CBS Newspath) -- WATCH: The U.S. Coast Guard surveyed the damage from Hurricane Ida around the Grand Isle, LA region on Monday (8/30). “Assets conducted critical incident search and rescue overflights and assessing for…