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Deadly wildfires that swept with alarming speed and strength through the Hawaiian island of Maui reduced hundreds of homes to ash, sending emergency workers scrambling Saturday to find temporary housing for those lucky enough to survive a conflagration…
Authorities say one person is dead, another was critically injured and several people are unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others. (August 12)
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The Red Cross based in Wailuku provided aid and relief supplies for those affected by the wildfires in Maui. (August 12) (AP Video: Haven Daley)
0813 Today in History
High heat from the blazing sun proved considerably harder to handle than fastballs up in the strike zone at the DYB World Series. Temperatures reached 105 degrees, with the heat index topping out at 117. (Aug. 12)
Last September, when President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists, Moscow Patriarch Kirill required his clergymen to pray for victory. Standing in front of the altar and dozens of his parishioners in one of Moscow’s churches, K…
Iowa governor Kim Reynolds hosted candidate interviews with former Vice President Mike Pence and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum during the Iowa State Fair.
Coast Guard rescues people escaping wildfire in ocean off Maui
Relatives of Fernando Villavicencio arrived at the Vertical Cemetery in Quito to bid farewell to the presidential candidate of Ecuador. Tamia Villavicencio, the daughter of the politician, held an emotional moment when she played the drum and sang outs…
Hundreds of people are staying in shelters after the destructive wildfire that swept through Lahaina. Some are telling their stories of how they got out. (Aug 11) (AP video: Haven Daley)(Production: Javier Arciga)