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At Utah fundraiser, US president says China’s employment and workforce issues pose a risk, because ‘when bad folks have problems, they do bad things’ Joe Biden has called China a “ticking time bomb in many cases” because of its economic challenges, saying the country was in trouble because of weak growth. The US president pointed […]
Scientists say Maui went into ‘flash drought’ conditions this summer, likely playing a factor in the fire that has caused so much destruction. (Aug. 10) (Produced by Brittany Peterson)
A flyover of historic Lahaina shows entire neighborhoods that had been a vibrant vision of color and island life reduced to gray ash. Block after block is nothing but rubble and blackened foundations, including along famous Front Street, where tourists shopped and dined just days ago. (August 10) (AP Video: Ty O’Neil)
Tourists are leaving Maui after being asked to stay away amid wind-whipped wildfires that have already claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of people to evacuate. “All nonessential travel to the Island of Maui is strongly discouraged,” Acting Hawaii Gov. Sylvia Luke wrote in an emergency proclamation. (Aug 10)(AP video Ty O’Neil)
The gang-driven violence afflicting Ecuador over the last two years reached an unprecedented level when a presidential candidate known for speaking up against drug cartels and corruption was shot and killed at a political rally in the South American country’s capital. (August 11) (AP Video/Cesar Olmos)
More than 12 hours of Las Vegas police body camera footage show the moments a man and his wife exited a home raided in July in connection with the 1997 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. (Aug 10)
Families are searching for missing loved ones as internet and cell service is still down in parts of Maui because of the deadly wildfires.
The Arizona missing-persons case involving a father and son took a new turn when detectives found two bodies and a wounded Dalton Holvig Thursday..