A massive wildfire continues to rampage through Northern California, torching more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday. What is now the sixth most destructive fire in state history also destroyed another 440 buildings, mostly barns and warehouses. The huge blaze, which started July 23, has forced 38,000 people from their homes and killed six while scorching 180 square miles. It is 35 percent contained. “Whatever resources are needed, we’re putting them there,” promised Gov. Jerry Brown at a news conference.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday a rule allowing the sale and renewal of low-cost, limited-coverage healthcare insurance plans lasting 12 to 36 months as an alternative to pricey Obamacare policies. Critics said that the new plans don’t cover preexisting conditions and may surprise customers with coverage gaps.

The NBA and WNBA will now share official data with MGM Resorts International, officials announced Tuesday, becoming the first major U.S. professional sports leagues to cut a deal with a casino. The agreement positions the leagues to cash in on the anticipated growth of sports betting across the country, but also crosses the decades-old line between pro sports and the gambling industry.

Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes Tuesday in Northern California as flames ravage some of the state’s most scenic areas. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties have burned seven homes along 116 square miles of rural land, and one of the fires is pushing into the Mendocino National Forest. About 100 miles north, the Carr Fire, the ninth most destructive in state history, has burned more than 880 homes and killed six people, said a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

U.S. spy agencies suspect that North Korea is building new missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to anonymous intelligence officials quoted in The Washington Post. The officials said new evidence, including satellite photos taken in recent weeks, suggests that North Korea is working on one or two liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles at a research facility on the outskirts of Pyongyang. They added that North Korea may intend to dispose of some warheads while secretly retaining many more.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday the creation of a Religious Liberty Task Force to ensure the Department of Justice implements the Trump administration’s approach to religious liberty: “that every American has a right to believe, worship, and exercise their faith in the public square.” He added, according to his prepared remarks for the DOJ’s Religious Liberty Summit in Washington, “A dangerous movement, undetected by many, is now challengi

Fire officials in Greece on Monday raised the death toll to 91 from a wildfire that raged through a coastal area east of Athens last week, in what is considered Europe’s deadliest forest fire in more than a century. But the tally may not be complete: A Hellenic Fire Service spokeswoman said authorities have not yet indentified 28 sets of remains and 25 people are reported missing.