Aug 16 Maui wildfire death toll rises to 106 as teams search to find and identify the dead By Clare Rush, Associated Press / Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Christopher Weber, Associated Press With the death toll already at 106, a mobile morgue with coroners, pathologists and technicians arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday to help with the grim task of sorting through remains. Continue reading
Aug 15 Videos of downed power lines before deadly Maui wildfire raise questions about how it started By Michael Biesecker, Bernard Condon, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Hawaiian Electric Co. faces criticism for not shutting off the power amid high wind warnings and keeping it on even as dozens of poles began to topple. Continue reading
Aug 15 Colorado River water cuts will ease in 2024, despite long-term challenges By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press Years of overuse by farms and cities, and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows today through the Colorado River than in previous decades. Continue reading
Aug 15 Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The January shooting shocked the nation and roiled this shipbuilding city near the Chesapeake Bay. Continue reading
Aug 15 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. Continue reading
Aug 15 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. Continue reading
Aug 15 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. Continue reading
Aug 14 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. Continue reading
Aug 14 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. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:47 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… Continue watching