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Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar criminal business in the U.S. that continues with little effective opposition

Firefighters on Friday were trying to put out a peatland fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that was growing in size near a dense residential area. (Aug. 18)

Here’s the latest for Friday, August 18th: Maui’s emergency management chief resigns; Wildfire evacuations in northwest Canada; Second suspect arrested in shooting of Texas deputy sheriff; Passenger jet returns to airport after flames shoot out of engi…

Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were rushing to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate their homes as one of hundreds of wildfires raging in the territories moved closer to the city of 20,000. (Aug. 18)
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Away from historic Lahaina town, where much of the early focus has been, crews fanned out into pockets of oceanside neighborhoods that also were destroyed by the fast-moving fire (Aug. 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)

West African military chiefs met in Accra after a deadline passed for Niger’s coup leaders to reinstate the president or face intervention. (Aug. 18)

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during the wildfires that killed more than 100 people (Aug. 17)(AP video: Mike Householder)

Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, has now been charged in his ambush death in Jacksonville Beach and joins husband Mario Fernandez Saldana.

DNA from the the person who likely killed Rachel Morin on a Maryland trail matched that of a man who assaulted a girl in LA in March, police say.

Camela Leierth-Segura is an accomplished singer-songwriter who was written for musicians like Katy Perry. She was last seen June 29 in Beverly Hills.