Author: AP

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during the wildfires that killed more than 100 people (Aug. 17)(AP video: Mike Householder)

A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington DC on Thursday in the mailing of a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House. (Aug. 18)

A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities Thursday, sending panicked residents out onto the streets and causing minor damage to Colombia’s congressional chamber. (Aug. 18)
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Here’s the latest for Thursday, August 17th: Hawaii vows to protect landowners in Maui; Airlifts begin as wildfire approaches in Canada; Strong earthquake, aftershock in Colombia; Mississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on…

An endangered antelope has been born at a Chicago area zoo. The male addax was born Aug. 8 at Brookfield Zoo. Experts estimate there may be fewer than 100 of the African antelopes still living in the wild. But three have been born at the zoo in the pas…

Against the picturesque background of the medieval King’s College Cambridge, a man mows a meadow on mower pulled by two shire horses. The shire horses at work today serve as an example of how green spaces can be managed in an environmentally sustainabl…

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Officials give update on conditions in Canada’s Northwest Territories as residents began fleeing an approaching wildfire Thursday in long convoys.

A bus caught fire on Wednesday on a busy road in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires. (Aug. 17)

North Dakota authorities released body camera video of a July shooting that killed the gunman and a Fargo police officer and wounded two more officers and a civilian. Investigators found guns, 1,800 rounds of ammunition and explosives in Mohamad Baraka…