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Here’s the latest for Friday August 18: Biden meets with leaders of South Korea, Japan at Camp David; Spanish Civil Guard helps combat wildfire danger on Tenerife; Tornado topples trees in Rhode Island; Autonomous shuttle service launches on island in …

San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite safety concerns.San Francisco is one of a growing number of cities worldwide testing out driverless buses. (Aug. 18)(AP Video/T…

Miami real estate agent Daniela Rendon received $380,000 in fraudulent loans through pandemic relief programs. She used the money to rent a luxury apartment and car.

Maui residents are frustrated at the disaster response and continued relief by the government.

Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar criminal business in the U.S. that continues with little effective opposition

Firefighters on Friday were trying to put out a peatland fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that was growing in size near a dense residential area. (Aug. 18)

Here’s the latest for Friday, August 18th: Maui’s emergency management chief resigns; Wildfire evacuations in northwest Canada; Second suspect arrested in shooting of Texas deputy sheriff; Passenger jet returns to airport after flames shoot out of engi…

Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were rushing to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate their homes as one of hundreds of wildfires raging in the territories moved closer to the city of 20,000. (Aug. 18)
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New research revealed middle-aged adults, between the ages of 35 and 50, in the United States are using marijuana and hallucinogens at record levels.

Away from historic Lahaina town, where much of the early focus has been, crews fanned out into pockets of oceanside neighborhoods that also were destroyed by the fast-moving fire (Aug. 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)