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After fire struck Maui's Upcountry, residents of one town looked to themselves to prep for next one 08/12/2024 03:26pm • In the days after wildfire ripped through a rural neighborhood in the Maui mountain town of Kula, residents were determined to do what they could to prevent a repeat. With donated hoses and some impromptu training, some even learned how to open a standpipe to attack flames themselves if needed. It�� Sierra Leone's president uses UN Security Council presidency to urge more seats for Africa 08/12/2024 03:23pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� After decades of seeking a bigger voice in the United Nations ' most powerful body, Africa "cannot wait any longer,��� Sierra Leone's president told the Security Council on Monday. Chairing a meeting that his country convened, President Julius Maada Bio pressed a longstanding Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike 08/12/2024 03:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent ��� and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America's largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands, say their customers are increasingly seeking cheaper alternative products Family calls for transparency after heatstroke death of Baltimore trash collector 08/12/2024 02:41pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The family of a Baltimore man who died of heatstroke while collecting trash for the city���s public works agency is demanding increased transparency from local officials following his death. The relatives held a news conference Monday and called on the Baltimore City Council to co Pacific Northwest tribes are battered by climate change but fight to get money meant to help them 08/12/2024 02:39pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change ��� from rising seas to severe heat ��� but face an array of bureaucratic barriers to access government funds meant to help them adapt, a report released Monday found. The tribes are Dillon Gabriel-led Ducks out to challenge supremacy of Michigan, Ohio St. in 1st Big Ten season 08/12/2024 02:10pm • The Big Ten championship race has gone through Ohio State and Michigan most years. It's about to veer left, all the way to the West Coast. The Oregon Ducks are primed to make the grandest entrance of the four former Pac-12 teams joining the league. Expect they of the neon green-and-yellow uniform Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ���El Mayo��� Zambada 08/12/2024 01:31pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The United States managed to arrest Mexico���s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors ��� and the president ��� now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It���s part of the long, strange trail of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael Sports on TV for Tuesday, Aug. 13 08/12/2024 01:10pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Aug. 13 BOWLING 7 p.m. CBSSN ��� PWBA: 2024 PWBA Tour Championship Week, Allen Park, Mich. MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. TBS ��� L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee 9:30 p.m. MLBN ��� Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at San Diego OR Atlanta at San Fr 'It's taken a long time': How some neighborhoods got relief from plane noise 08/12/2024 12:45pm • For years, communities around the D.C. region that struggle with too much airplane noise overhead have been working to reduce those stubborn sounds that annoy residents. Now, there's been a breakthrough. A new flight path just took effect last month, reducing plane noise in neighborhoods along Who will make an expanded College Football Playoff? A potential bracket, using the Top 25 as a guide 08/12/2024 12:22pm • The preseason Associated Press Top 25 is ��� to some degree ��� a projection for the season to come. Last season, it did a solid job of that with 17 teams that began the season ranked finishing it that way. With the College Football Playoff field about to triple in size from four to 12 teams, how wi Matt Kuchar finishes Wyndham Championship a day late in odd decision meant to help a rookie 08/12/2024 12:00pm • GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) ��� Aaron Rai won the Wyndham Championship in near darkness Sunday evening, a rain-delayed tournament that wasn't officially in the books until Matt Kuchar finished on Monday morning. It was a peculiar ending, and Kuchar apologized to the tournament officials after he finished Book Review: 'How to Leave the House' by Nathan Newman marks the debut of a bold new fiction voice 08/12/2024 11:36am • Before you read a word of ���How to Leave the House��� by Nathan Newman, it may help to know that a TV adaptation is already in the works. This is a book that unfolds like it���s destined for the small screen. ���It was a cinematic sunset: pinks, oranges and periwinkle blues��� Beneath it all was lo Hunter Biden's lawyers say claims about foreign business dealing have no place in upcoming tax trial 08/12/2024 11:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hunter Biden's lawyers say prosecutors are inappropriately trying to insert ���politically-charged��� allegations about his foreign business dealings into the upcoming federal tax trial against the president's son. Special counsel David Weiss' team told the judge last week that Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Netflix documentary 08/12/2024 10:29am • PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ��� Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for gir From Biden to Gabbard, here's what Harris' past debates show before a faceoff with Trump 08/12/2024 10:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly taunted her opponent's seeming reluctance to debate, telling a series of raucous audiences about Donald Trump's criticisms of her: ���As the saying goes, if you���ve got something to say, say it to my face.��� After first backing out of