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Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters

Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfir...

Aug 28, 2023

March 4 trial date set for Trump in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election

WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The de...

Aug 28, 2023

Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The white man who fatally shot three Black people in a racist attack at a Florida store shot one of his victims as she sat in her car, chased another through the store and sh...

Aug 27, 2023

Russia says it has confirmed Prigozhin died in the plane crash

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Investigative Committee has confirmed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash. The committee said in a statement Sunday that after forensic testing, all 10 bo...

Aug 27, 2023

3 people are injured, 1 critically, in a US military aircraft crash in Australia, officials say

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Three United States military personnel were taken to a hospital, one with critical injuries, after a U.S. aircraft crashed on a north Australian island Sunday during a multi...

Aug 26, 2023

A shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, has left multiple people and the shooter dead, officials say

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city's mayor has told a television station. A city council member says th...

Aug 26, 2023

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final term Saturday. Mnangagwa won 52.6% of the vote, the Zimbabwe Election Commission said at a late-ni...

Aug 26, 2023

FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kiss

ZURICH (AP) - FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from office on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women's World Cup final, which i...

Aug 26, 2023

Thief steals former governor's SUV as he hosts a radio show

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer learned a lesson about his car keys after his vehicle was stolen as he hosted a Fargo radio show. Schafer was guest hosting KFGO's "News and View...

Aug 25, 2023

Missouri judge says ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect on Monday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge ruled Friday that a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect on Monday, as scheduled. The ruling by St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer mea...

Aug 25, 2023