A suite of technologies, such as an aquatic robot vacuum, is cleaning up plastic before it can embed itself into Lake Michigan.
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Maui fire death toll rises, making it the deadliest US wildfire for over a century
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said on Saturday the death toll from devastating wildfires on the island of Maui had risen to 89, making it the deadliest in the U.S. in the past century. Green told a news conference the figure would rise further as the emer…
Lahaina residents who lost their homes during Maui wildfires recall their ordeal
Deadly wildfires that swept with alarming speed and strength through the Hawaiian island of Maui reduced hundreds of homes to ash, sending emergency workers scrambling Saturday to find temporary housing for those lucky enough to survive a conflagration…
One dead and several unaccounted for after house explosion in Pennsylvania
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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Displaced Maui residents take refuge at an emergency shelter
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)
Police conduct ‘chilling’ raid of Kansas newspaper, publisher’s home
Police raided the Marion County Record in Kansas after local business owner Kari Newell accused the newspaper of illegally getting her personal data.
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3-year-old dies aboard migrant bus headed from Texas to Chicago
The child’s death is the first Texas has announced after Gov. Greg Abbott started busing thousands of migrants to cities including Chicago.
3 main wildfires still burning in Maui; people in Lahaina warned of ‘toxic’ ash: Live updates
The death toll rose to 80, making the Maui wildfires the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii in decades. The search for the missing continued.
Heat wave tests stamina at youth baseball games
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)