A plane drops fire retardant over a hot spot on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif. Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke out Wednesday in Southern California during a second day of a sweltering heat wave, taxing fire crews who fear the scattered fires mark only the beginning of a long wildfire season.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- BLAZING FIRE IN TURKISH COAL MINE HAMPERS SEARCH EFFORT
Eight more bodies are recovered bringing the total so far from Turkey’s worst mining disaster to 282.
- CAPTAIN AND THREE KOREAN FERRY CREW MEMBERS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE
The government is alleging the four were negligent and failed to protect passengers in the disaster that killed 284 people.
- THOUSANDS FLEE NINE SEPARATE WILDFIRES IN ONE CALIFORNIA COUNTY
No injuries are reported but one fire chief said the blazes are unprecedented in his 27-year firefighting career because they are so early in the year.
- A DAY TO REMEMBER
Obama will dedicate the National September 11 Memorial Museum, which leads people on an unsettling journey through the terror attacks, today before it opens to the general public on May 21.