Author: AP

Authorities say one person is dead, another was critically injured and several people are unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others. (August 12)
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Here’s the latest: At least 80 people on the Hawaii island of Maui killed by wildfires; Long tailbacks as returning residents wait hours in traffic; GOP presidential candidates at the Iowa State Fair; World Elephant Day marked
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The Red Cross based in Wailuku provided aid and relief supplies for those affected by the wildfires in Maui. (August 12) (AP Video: Haven Daley)

0813 Today in History

High heat from the blazing sun proved considerably harder to handle than fastballs up in the strike zone at the DYB World Series. Temperatures reached 105 degrees, with the heat index topping out at 117. (Aug. 12)

Last September, when President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists, Moscow Patriarch Kirill required his clergymen to pray for victory. Standing in front of the altar and dozens of his parishioners in one of Moscow’s churches, K…

Iowa governor Kim Reynolds hosted candidate interviews with former Vice President Mike Pence and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum during the Iowa State Fair.

Relatives of Fernando Villavicencio arrived at the Vertical Cemetery in Quito to bid farewell to the presidential candidate of Ecuador. Tamia Villavicencio, the daughter of the politician, held an emotional moment when she played the drum and sang outs…

The wife of Rex Heuermann, the man charged with killing at least three women and burying their bodies on a remote coastal highway, is living in a “waking surreal nightmare,” her attorney said, struggling to pay for cancer treatment while living in a ho…

Here’s the latest for Friday, August 11: Lahaina residents to see fire destruction; Special counsel appointed in Hunter Biden case; Judge warns Trump about talking too much; woman finds snake in toilet.