There were no immediate reports of injuries to firefighters or residents, but authorities said some houses suffered damages in two of the evacuated villages.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones
Officials acknowledge they don’t have a firm number on the missing. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Russian court dissolves Sakharov Center, a prominent human rights group
The crackdown on human rights groups and critics under Russian President Vladimir Putin has been expanding for years but has escalated since the invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World, News
Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of his criminal defense.
The former president is facing dozens of criminal charges in four separate indictments, two of them anchored in the Republican’s lie that he did not lose the 2020 presidential election.
Posted inNation & World, News
Canadian firefighters wage epic battle to save communities after mass evacuations
Canada has seen a record number of wildfires this year that have caused choking smoke in parts of the U.S.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hurricane Hilary downgraded to Category 2 as Mexico and California brace for catastrophic impact
Hilary is expected to plow into the Baja peninsula Saturday night and then enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
Posted inMaine, News
UMaine professor’s computer model tells the story of Earth’s changing climate
Recent news coverage of the planet’s record-breaking heat wave relied on the online climate visualization tool developed Sean Birkel, who is also the state climatologist.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Cumberland County to be commended for flavored tobacco clampdown
I want to thank Sen. Mattie Daughtry for her recent vote to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in Maine. Here in Maine, we lead the way. And it is nice to see Cumberland County leading the way within our state. Three of the six communities that have locally ended the sale of flavored […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Trump made a mockery of democracy. How can Americans shrug this off?
Is it indictment fatigue? Is it a baseline expectation of dishonesty? Whatever it is, it’s not OK.