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Lahaina’s children and their families, uprooted by wildfires, grapple with an unknown future

Lahaina’s children and their families, uprooted by wildfires, grapple with an unknown future

gio_banfi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a normal year, the young students at Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School would be entering their second month of classes. Now, all that’s left is a gray hazmat zone filled with the sorrow of what has been lost. The school, which served around […]

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Philadelphia officer who shot Eddie Irizarry in his car surrenders to police

Philadelphia officer who shot Eddie Irizarry in his car surrenders to police

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a man sitting in his car last month surrendered to authorities Friday morning. It is not clear what charges Mark Dial, the officer accused of fatally shooting Eddie Irizarry Jr. on Aug. 14, faces from the […]

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Maui slowly edges toward rebuilding one month after the deadly wildfires

Maui slowly edges toward rebuilding one month after the deadly wildfires

Zeng Hui/Xinhua via Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Wildfires tore across parts of Maui last month and now the displaced community searches for answers about their future. Thousands were displaced, as their homes and businesses were burned to the ground. 115 people have been pronounced dead in connection with the […]

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US Open interrupted by climate change protesters

US Open interrupted by climate change protesters

Frey/TPN/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two protesters have been arrested after play at the U.S. Open was interrupted on Thursday night when they began shouting and one glued his feet to the ground during a match at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Sayak Mukhopadhyay, 50, of White Plains, was […]

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Hurricane Lee strengthens to Category 5: Projected path, maps and tracker

Hurricane Lee strengthens to Category 5: Projected path, maps and tracker

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee, now churning over the Atlantic Ocean, has become a Category 5. As a Category 5, hurricane Lee is expected to have winds of 160 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) sent out an advisory notice after Lee became a Category 5, warning that […]

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Idaho college killings prosecutors want to limit cameras in court

Idaho college killings prosecutors want to limit cameras in court

Mint Images/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Prosecutors leading the case against Bryan Kohberger support banning cameras from the courtroom “at a minimum” during sensitive witness testimony which they say could be compromised. In a court filing posted Thursday evening, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson says they’re “concerned” that cameras “will […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 9/7/23

Scoreboard roundup — 9/7/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle 1, Tampa Bay 0 Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 3 LA Angels 3, Cleveland 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE LA Dodgers 10, Miami 0 Atlanta 8 St. Louis 5 Arizona 6, Chi Cubs 2 NATIONAL […]

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In battle over border barriers, judge calls out Texas’ contradictory arguments

In battle over border barriers, judge calls out Texas’ contradictory arguments

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is likely to succeed on its claim that floating barriers Texas deployed in the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from crossing were illegally installed, a federal judge in Austin ruled — adding the arguments used to justify the buoys are “unconvincing” and, […]

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The rise of America’s young Black tennis stars takes center stage at US Open

The rise of America’s young Black tennis stars takes center stage at US Open

Elsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Serena Williams played the final match of her historic career at last year’s U.S. Open, countless headlines heralded the legacy that she, as a Black woman, left on the sport of tennis. One year later, at the 2023 U.S. Open, the rise of America’s […]

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Mother allegedly confined 9-year-old daughter to home since 2017, had to ‘beg to eat’: Police

Mother allegedly confined 9-year-old daughter to home since 2017, had to ‘beg to eat’: Police

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Mother allegedly confined 9-year-old daughter to home since 2017, had to ‘beg to eat’: Police Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News (MIAMI) — A Florida mother has been arrested and charged with felony child neglect after not allowing her 9-year-old daughter to leave their house since 2017, according […]

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