US firefighters say major blaze near Reno about a quarter contained

It is. Let us start with that wildfire outside Reno, where firefighters say the blaze is now about a quarter contained.

Reno is on the Nevada side of the Sierras.

The eastern side, in a valley on the eastern slope of the range. But officials say winds could keep fanning the flames for two more days, and many residents remain under evacuation orders.

A quarter contained is progress. Two more days of wind is the problem.

To Romania now, where lawyers for Andrew Tate say prosecutors have exaggerated the influencer's wealth, and that he did not actually own many of the supercars shown in photographs.

That is the argument his legal team is making. Prosecutors say Tate and his brother Tristan are a flight risk and should not be released on bail.

Romania has extradition treaties with most of Europe and the United States. The question before the court is whether he should be granted bail while facing charges of human trafficking and organized crime.

Also this morning, a judge in New York has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's latest effort to overturn her conviction. The former Jeffrey Epstein accomplice loses what the court called a frivolous appeal.

When a federal judge uses the word frivolous, that is the end of the road.

It is. Maxwell is serving a twenty-year sentence at a federal facility in Florida. This was her latest attempt to be released, and the court was not persuaded.

Now to the eastern hemisphere, where China is pushing back hard on what it calls illegal American sanctions targeting countries that continue to trade with Iran.

The United States has threatened to isolate nations that keep doing business with Tehran. China imports close to ninety percent of Iran's crude oil exports, roughly a million barrels a day.

That is most of Iran's oil revenue going to one buyer.

It is. Beijing says the sanctions are unilateral and have no basis in international law. The State Department says they are in response to Iran's continued nuclear activity and support for regional militias.

And climbing. We begin in Wales, where back in August of 2024, a delivery company discovered a postcard in the mail dated nineteen-oh-three. One hundred and twenty-one years late.

Also back in April of 2024, a Florida city facing a cemetery space shortage considered converting underused schools into burial sites by twenty twenty-five.

In China, also back in April of 2024, paleontologists discovered what they are calling the largest raptor footprints ever found. Five prints, each one bigger than the last.

And finally, back in April of 2024, a company in the United States began selling a flame-throwing robotic dog. The device can shoot fire streams up to thirty feet with the push of a button.

Number three this hour is a video called 120 Pounds of Dog. Hiding From Ice. Behind a Two-Year-Old. Posted by Tiny Boss Big Dog. Four million four hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-five new views.

That title is very specific.

It is unchanged since the last count. YouTube has it at number eleven on their own trending chart.

Number two is When Kindness Goes Both Ways. Posted by Windypaws on the twentieth of August. Eight million one hundred and eighteen thousand and ninety-six new views in four days. Also unchanged since our last count.

And number one this hour, for the nineteenth consecutive hour, is Fisherman Found This Heron Fighting For Its Life. Posted by Sassy on the twenty-first of August.

Nine million eight hundred and twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty new views in the last four days.

Magnus Carlsen has won his sixteenth consecutive Esports World Cup chess title. Still unbeaten in the tournament since it began.

Baseball. Pete Crow-Armstrong made history in the Cubs' walk-off win over the White Sox. The Cubs take it six to five.

And in college football, Yahoo Sports has released their preseason top twenty-five. Ohio State is ranked number four.