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Las Vegas got its first major pro-sports franchise this fall with the NHL expansion team Golden Knights. The team played their first home game Tuesday night, and paid tribute to the shooting victims.

The Americans had good odds of making the 2018 tournament. They've been consistently in the tournament since 1990. Steve Inskeep talks to Jason Davis, host of "United States of Soccer" on SiriusXM.

An officer in Palmdale, Calif., had her walk in a straight line. Then instructed her to turn around. That's when she saw another officer on his knee, holding a ring. It was all a stunt. She said yes.

"Make no mistake," Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott said in an update around midday Wednesday. "This is a serious, critical, catastrophic event." High winds are predicted to return Wednesday night.

Also: The EPA promises to speed cleanup of Superfund sites; more fires erupt in northern California; and Catalonia's leader stops short of a call for independence from Spain.

With contractions four and five minutes apart, Nicole Veum started to see and smell smoke at a Santa Rosa, Calif., hospital.

The death toll continues to rise in Northern California, where more than a dozen wildfires are burning out of control. Many of the dead were trapped in the fast-moving flames — thousands evacuated.

Stanley Fischer says that despite record highs in the stock market — boosted by the Fed's low interest rates — he doesn't see a bubble. But he says the U.S. debt could be a problem if rates go up.

The U.S. 7th Fleet said Tuesday that this summer's crash of the USS John S. McCain was preventable. The August collision was the latest in a string of Navy mishaps in the Pacific this year.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given the region a few days to "clarify" if it's declaring independence. If so, Rajoy vows he will suspend Catalonia's semi-autonomy and institute direct rule.