County spokesperson Amie Downs said emergency responders reported people trapped under debris after one house exploded and two others were engulfed in flames.
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Jason Momoa tells tourists to stay far from Maui: ‘Not the place to have your vacation right now’
The actor has been active on social media this week, spreading awareness as wildfires have torn through the Big Island and Maui, decimating the historic town of Lahaina.
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Johnny Hardwick, voice of Dale Gribble on ‘King of the Hill,’ dies at 64
Police found Hardwick deceased at his house after responding to an urgent welfare check, officials confirmed.
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Five kidnapped UN employees released in Yemen
The employees were kidnapped by gunmen believed to be linked to al-Qaida in the southern province of Abyan while they were on their way back to the government’s temporary capital, Aden, after a field mission.
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Three former Republican operatives to pay $50,000 for roles in fake charity tied to Ohio derailment
The fake charity collected nearly $149,000 from donors in the aftermath of the Feb. 3 derailment but gave only $10,000 to a food bank and kept the rest for themselves, a state investigation found.
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5.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey wounding at least 23 people
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a social media post that the injuries sustained in Malatya and Adiyaman consisted of falls and people throwing themselves off buildings to avoid being crushed.
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Golf: Cole Anderson ready for second crack at U.S. Amateur Championship
The Camden native will play in the nation’s top amateur golf event, wrapping up what is likely his last summer before turning professional.
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How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collaborations
The music genre germinated 50 years ago as an escape from the poverty and violence of New York City’s most distressed borough, the Bronx, where few wanted to invest in its businesses or its people.
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Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans
The suit is part of a wave of legal challenges Republicans have leveled at the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce or eliminate student debt for millions of Americans.
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Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change
Montpelier businesses that had already moved to higher ground once to get away from flood threats were not spared by July’s torrential rains.