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Wildfire wreckage is shown Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices

As the Maui wildfire approached, residents of Lahaina had moments to make decisions that would determine whether they lived or died — a harrowing, narrow window of time in one of the most horrifying and lethal natural disasters the country has seen in years. Read More.

Georgia court website publishes, then takes down, list of criminal charges against Trump

A list of criminal charges in Georgia against former President Donald Trump briefly appeared Monday on a Fulton County website, but prosecutors said Trump had not been indicted in a long-running investigation of the 2020 presidential election. Read More.

Six former Mississippi officers have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men

Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case. Read More.

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Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, arrive at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, on June 20, 2023, in Helena, Mont., for the final day of the trial.

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

A Montana judge has sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. Read More.

Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

Last weekend's riverside brawl in Alabama has tapped into the psyche of Black America and created a cultural moment. Many see the ordeal as an answer to countless calls for help that went unanswered for past Black victims of violence and mob attacks. Read More.

Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets

Ecuador was one of the calmest countries in Latin America until about three years ago. Now, criminals prowl wealthy and working-class neighborhoods, and last week, a candidate in a special presidential election was killed despite a security detail. Read More.

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Shannon Hoy, an expedition coordinator, stands in front of control room screens inside the NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Friday, June 23, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska.

Off Alaska coast, research crew peers down, down, down to map deep and remote ocean

A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world's deepest and most remote waters. Read More.

Thinking of buying a new pair of jeans? Breaking down the cost over time might help you decide

Shoppers are looking beyond just the price tag of a skirt or a pair of pants in the wake of still stubbornly high inflation. Some are adopting a new calculation: how many times will they wear a piece of clothing to be able to justify the cost? Read More.

A woman says she fractured her ankle when she slipped on a piece of prosciutto and is suing

A woman who fractured her left ankle during a trip with her husband to the Italian food emporium Eataly in Boston last year is blaming her injury on a piece of ham. Read More.

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