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Death toll rises to 99 in Maui wildfires as teams intensify search

By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

The wildfires, some of which have not yet been fully contained, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Their cause was under investigation.

Texas sues Planned Parenthood for millions in Medicaid payments

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

At issue is money Planned Parenthood received for health services before Texas removed the organization from the state's Medicaid program in 2021.

Read the full Georgia indictment against Trump and 18 allies

By Hannah Grabenstein

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Monday on racketeering, conspiracy and other charges by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia.

Michael Oher, former NFL tackle and inspiration for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end conservatorship

By Teresa M. Walker, Associated Press

Oher accuses Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him nearly two decades ago by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents.

Texas woman who helped hide U.S. soldier Vanessa Guillén’s body sentenced to 30 years in prison

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press

Federal and state officials say Aguilar aided her 20-year-old boyfriend Army Spc. Aaron Robinson in dismembering and disposing of Guillén's body near the base.

Editor of Marion County Record discusses possible motives behind police raid of newsroom

By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow

Police officers in Marion, Kansas, are under fire after raiding the newsroom of the town’s local newspaper, confiscating computers, cellphones and other materials. Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer said his 98-year-old mother collapsed and died following a…

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Maui residents face lingering toxic hazards in aftermath of deadly wildfires

By Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation

Maui County issued an ‘unsafe water’ alert and urged precautions. Residents can face multiple toxic hazards after fires.

Judge sides with young environmental activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

By Amy Beth Hanson, Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The ruling Monday in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.

WATCH: White House holds briefing as Hunter Biden’s lawyers announce plea deal update

By News Desk

Attorneys for Hunter Biden are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel has intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election.