Accused Sept. 11 plotters agree to plead guilty at Guantánamo Bay

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Fires burning at ‘full tilt’ across the Western US stretch resources

It took only a week for the Park fire north of Sacramento to grow into the fifth-largest in California history, signaling the potential for a destructive wildfire season across much of the western United States. Almost 50 other large or notable fires were burning throughout the region Wednesday, according to a New York Times tracker.

Obituaries for August 1

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