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New fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui's wildfires return after death toll rises to 67 08/12/2023 01:59am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� A new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui on Friday night triggered the evacuation of a community to the northeast of the area that burned earlier this week, police said. The fire prompted the evacuation of people in Kaanapali in West Maui, the Maui Police Department a Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures after collector approaches Houston museum 08/11/2023 08:48pm • ROME (AP) ��� Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euros (dollars), that were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors. The returned items include artifacts r Brazil's police allege Bolsonaro got money from $70,000 sale of luxury jewelry gifts 08/11/2023 08:35pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� Brazil���s federal police on Friday alleged former President Jair Bolsonaro received cash from the nearly $70,000 sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office, posing another potential blow for the embattled far-right leader. Earlier in Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history 08/11/2023 04:23am • For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town's historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community ��� towering more than 60 feet (18 met 53 people have died from the Maui wildfires, governor says, and historic Lahaina has burned down 08/11/2023 01:38am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing tales of narrow escapes with only th Back from summer vacation with debt: delete it before the winter holidays 08/10/2023 08:00pm • If you're like millions of Americans, you recently returned from a much needed vacation. TransUnion's 2023 Spring and Summer Travel Report found that 46% of survey respondents planned to travel more this spring and summer than they did last year. As for how people would pay for their trips, 57% said 6 tips for cutting costs on back-to-school shopping 08/10/2023 09:51am • When Meghan Lakata���s kids return to school from summer break, they���ll have new (to them) clothes and supplies. But thanks to some creative shopping habits, the mother of two isn���t stressed over back-to-school spending. Lakata, a pre-K teacher in Maryland, uses tools like state sales tax holida Prison probably isn't the end of the political road for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan 08/07/2023 01:05am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's popular opposition leader, is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years. It's the most dramatic twist yet in months of political and legal wrangling between Khan and his pol Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan handed 3-year sentence and moved to high-security prison 08/05/2023 11:54pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan���s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Saturday after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics. The court ruled that Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains Darrelle Revis takes his island to the Pro Football Hall of Fame 08/05/2023 04:09pm • CANTON, Ohio (AP) ��� Revis Island has a new home in ���Football Heaven.��� After Joe Klecko and Fireman Ed got the green-clad crowd roaring ���J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets!��� four-time All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis took his spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. ���It���s an honor to A Positive Tune: Bike accident didn���t deter North Stafford graduate 08/05/2023 11:33am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Karl Rice. (Courtesy Doug Stroud/InsideNova.com) North Stafford High School graduate Karl Rice will always remember his high scho Shots again fired at site of Parkland school massacre in reenactment after lawmakers visit 08/04/2023 09:46pm • PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) ��� Gunfire erupted again at Parkland���s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday as part of a reenactment by ballistics experts of the 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead. Two shots were heard by reporters sitting about 200 yards (180 meters) Thousands overwhelm New York's Union Square for streamer giveaway, tossing chairs and pounding cars 08/04/2023 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A crowd of thousands that packed Manhattan's Union Square for a popular livestreamer's hyped giveaway got out of hand Friday afternoon, with some clambering on vehicles, hurling chairs and throwing punches, leaving police struggling to rein in the chaos. Aerial TV news footage show A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians 08/04/2023 04:45pm • IRBIL, Iraq (AP) ��� Iraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic homeland of rolling hills dotted with wheat and barley fields, were wrested back from Islamic State extremists six years ago. Although the threat from IS has receded, some towns are still mostly rubble. The O���Malley���s portrait temporarily removed from State House after failing to measure up 08/04/2023 02:27pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. When it comes to official portraits of governor's past, size apparently matters. A long-awaited portrait of former Gov. Martin O'Malley (