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Hawaiian island wildfire death toll jumps and will probably keep rising, says governor
The search of the wildfire wreckage on Maui revealed a wasteland of burned out homes as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 53 lives.
- by Audrey Mcavoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Nick Perry
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‘Downslope winds’: How the Hawaii fires spread so quickly
As the arid winds swept over the West Maui Mountains, they forced air to accelerate down the west side of the mountains - with tragic results.
- by Dan Stillman
US officials beginning to think the truth may really be out there
Three highly credentialed whistleblowers have testified to a US congressional hearing that UFOs are real and that the government is covering up the evidence.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Train travel is making a major comeback in the US, especially in LA
Rail has languished, if not disappeared, in many parts of the US, but a new plan will restore old services and create new ones.
- by Julietta Jameson
An expert expat’s guide to Austin, Texas
The founders of Collingwood’s Proud Mary Coffee know just where to go for a summer dip, a Mexican feast, and unsurprisingly, a deluxe cup o’ Joe.
- by Belinda Jackson
Australia, US urged to ramp up AUKUS as PM invited to White House
Anthony Albanese will be feted at a rare state dinner in Washington, DC, in late October at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.
- by Matthew Knott
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Hawaii ‘like an apocalypse’ as historic town destroyed by hurricane-fanned fires
The death toll from the inferno has reached 36. Some people had to flee into the ocean to escape fire and smoke.
- by Marco Garcia
Man suspected of threatening Biden shot and killed
Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City.
- by Lindsay Whitehurst and Sam Metz
Investigators obtained secret warrant for Trump’s Twitter account
Trump said the Justice Department “secretly attacked my Twitter account, making it a point not to let me know about this major ‘hit’ on my civil rights”.
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
The closest thing to flying without leaving the ground
When skiing goes right, coming down a mountain is like the way a ribbon might float through the air, with just the slightest little grab from gravity.
- by Jim Darby
Rapper gets 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion testified that rapper Tory Lanez fired the gun at the back of her feet and shouted for her to dance as she walked away from a car, after leaving a pool party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home.
- by Andrew Dalton