Sunday, August 13, 2023

Deadliest US wildfire in more than a century

Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend.

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Sun Aug 13 2023

 

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What happened this weekend? The death toll from the Maui fire reached 93, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years. Georgia prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have evidence tying the former president's allies to a voting systems breach. And another man has been charged in a brawl on the riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama. 

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In an aerial view, two men ride a scooter s by businesses that were destroyed by a wildfire on August 11, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Dozens of people were killed and thousands were displaced after a wind-driven wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina on Tuesday. Crews are continuing to search for missing people.

Authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead in the devastating Maui wildfires was still in its early stages

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Former President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before boarding his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va.
 

Prosecutors link Trump's team to Georgia voting breach, reports say

Georgia prosecutors have evidence tying Donald Trump's legal team to a voting systems breach related to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The Harriott, a riverboat, remains docked on August 8, 2023, on the Alabama riverfront in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
 

1 more person charged in Ala. riverboat brawl; co-captain says he 'held on for dear life'

Another man has been charged in an Aug. 5 brawl on the riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama. Police say the incident is not a hate crime.

GOP presidential candidate Mike Pence speaks at the Des Moines Register political soapbox during the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
 

Pence was asked if Trump admitted he lost 2020 race. What Pence said:

"There was no point in time that the president ever told me that he knew he had lost," Pence told the Des Moines Register in a one on one interview.

In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
 

Police raid Kansas newspaper office, seizing computers, phones

Police raided the Marion County Record in Kansas after local business owner Kari Newell accused the newspaper of illegally getting her personal data.

Run-D.M.C. perform during the Hip Hop 50 Live concert, marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City on Aug. 11, 2023.
 

Run-D.M.C. play final show, Fugees surprise at Nas performance, more from Hip Hop 50 Live concert

Hip-hop luminaries lit up the Hip Hop 50 Live concert stage at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the home of the musical genre and cultural movement.

This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, right, conferring with defense lawyer Todd Blanche, center, during his appearance at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith sits at left. Trump pleaded not guilty in Washington's federal court to charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election.
 

Judge warns Donald Trump about threatening witnesses in election case

Judge tells Trump lawyers: 'Your client's defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the Internet.'

Dwyane Wade, right, calls his father Dwyane Wade Sr. onto the stage at his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts on Aug. 12, 2023.
 

'We in the Hall of Fame, dawg': Inspiring 2023 class takes its place

The 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony had a little bit of everything, capped by Dwyane Wade's heart-tugging (and hilarious) finish.

FILE - David Foster, left, and Katharine McPhee arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The couple, who wed in 2019, have welcomed a baby boy, McPhee's publicist confirmed Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: CAPM304
 

Katharine McPhee, David Foster suffer 'horrible tragedy' in family

Katharine McPhee and record producer David Foster are facing an unknown family tragedy – meaning McPhee is cutting her Asia musical tour short.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh speaks to the media during Big Ten football media days on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Indianapolis.
 

Report: Jim Harbaugh's four-game suspension agreement called off

The agreed upon four-game suspension for Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh has hit a snag and won't happen, according to Yahoo! Sports.

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