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Authorities in the U.S. state of Hawaii say the number of confirmed dead from a wildfire on the island of Maui reached 96. Maui County said late Sunday multiple fire crews are working to address any remaining flare-ups in the fire that began August 8. The fire, which devastated the Lahaina area, was estimated to […]

NEW YORK — Dominican culture was on full display on Sunday in Midtown. Music, dancers and floats filled Sixth Avenue for the National Dominican Day Parade. Thousands came out to celebrate the history and traditions of the Caribbean nation and its contributions to New York City. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams were among […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed David Weiss, the Delaware U.S. attorney leading the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, as special counsel in the case, Garland announced Friday. The surprise announcement came as prosecutors disclosed in a court filing Friday that plea talks with Biden’s defense team have reached “an […]

The deaths — reported by Maui County officials as a blaze torched the area, including the historic town of Lahaina — appear to make the wildfire the second deadliest in the United States in a century. It trails only California’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in 2018.  The blaze that ravaged Lahaina was 80% […]

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expanded federal aid for Hawaii on Thursday as deadly wildfires engulfed the island of Maui, and he expressed condolences for the devastation in a call with the state’s governor. Biden approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii aimed at spurring resources to allow the island to rebuild, the White House said in […]

Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. The fire took the island by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking […]

WASHINGTON — Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part. Squeezing out the last bit of excess inflation and reducing it to the Federal Reserve’s […]

NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis said an interview with NBC News posted Monday. “Joe Biden’s the president.” DeSantis has often sidestepped questions about whether he believes the […]

WASHINGTON — Washington has never been a particularly friendly place for Donald Trump. And after pleading not guilty to federal charges that he had tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Trump was quick to show that the feeling was mutual. “It was also very sad driving through Washington, D.C., and seeing the filth and the […]

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to three new charges related to his handling of U.S. classified documents after he left the White House in 2021, a court filing showed. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, also waived his right to be present in Florida federal court for […]