Alaska wildfire grows, spurs evacuations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials say a massive wildfire burning in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage has grown in windy conditions, and mandatory evacuations are underway.
She says the fire was recently nearly 218 square miles and has grown significantly. She didn’t immediately have an estimated size.
The Funny River Fire is named after a road near its northern edge where all residents are being evacuated.
She says no injuries were reported, and it’s unclear if any buildings were damaged.
Euroskeptics make big gains in EU vote
BRUSSELS – Far-right and Euroskeptic parties made sweeping gains in European Parliament elections Sunday.
This triggered what one prime minister called a political “earthquake” by those who want to slash the powers of the European Union or abolish it altogether.
Voters in 21 of the EU’s 28 nations went to the polls Sunday, choosing lawmakers for the bloc’s 751-seat legislature.
The other seven countries in the bloc had already voted in a sprawling exercise of democracy that began Thursday in Britain and the Netherlands.
One of the most significant winners was France’s far-right National Front party, which was the outright winner in France with 26 percent support– or 4.1 million votes.
Associated Press
