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Courtesy of Bill Schilling (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — The family of a kind-hearted Maui resident known as “Uncle Joe” believes the 67-year-old died trying to help his elderly neighbors, as the flames from Hawaii’s deadliest wildfire engulfed historic Lahaina. Missing since Aug. 8, Joe Schilling was last seen at his residence in the Hale Mahaolu Eono […]
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several Republican candidates are clawing for a spot on next week’s presidential debate stage, while former President Donald Trump plans to skip the event altogether. With time quickly running out before Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd say they are inching […]
ABC News (KAHANA, Hawaii) — Along the shores of Kahana, a community five miles north of Lahaina, on the island of Maui, residents have been hauling coolers and boxes off boats up to a makeshift distribution center. “We all made our calls to the family” for help, one resident told ABC News, and the boats […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hilary, now a powerful Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Mexico’s Baja California on Sunday and then weaken to a tropical storm before crossing into California Sunday night. The first tropical storm watch in California’s history has now been issued. The watch is in effect for portions […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is planning on not attending the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee next Wednesday and is strongly considering sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson that day instead, according to sources familiar with the matter. But sources indicated no final decision has been reached and […]
NASA (NEW YORK) — NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally designed to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune and often […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Po’omaika’i Estores-Losano normally texts in a group chat with his family every day. But since the wildfires tore through Lahaina last week, his family hasn’t heard from the 28-year-old father of two. “He would text us every day like, ‘Hope you have a good day,’” his sister, Jayna Barut, […]
Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The three U.S. military academies must implement changes to stem an increase in sexual assaults, according to a Pentagon study released Thursday that showed cadets and midshipmen were receiving “mixed messages” about prevention measures due in part to a toxic culture of hazing and climate of “cynicism, distrust and stigma.” […]
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Ohio-based company is voluntarily recalling over 100,000 of its products for young kids due to the potential for injuries, including head injuries. The Simplay3 Company has received over one dozen reports of its Toddler Tower product “tipping over while in use,” according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much of the historic town of […]
