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Lahaina Street runs through the heart of Makaha, a neighborhood in a west Oahu community that's a lot like the Lahaina on Maui that burned down in a deadly wildfire in 2023.

As heat waves intensify, many people are turning to cooling gadgets and wearables to stay cool. Popular options include portable fans, cooling neck wraps and high-tech vests.

A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague. Health officials say it's the first recorded death in the area from pneumonic plague since 2007.

A Muslim inmate who won a U.S. Supreme Court case to grow a beard claims Arkansas officials retaliated against him by transferring him out of state.

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have struggled for months to appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump ...

A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $140 million Ponzi scheme has publicly apologized.

A Virginia judge has ordered prosecutors to share documents about the reassignment of a digital forensic examiner in a double-killing case.

Professional boxer Gervonta "Tank" Davis has been arrested in South Florida on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

A federal judge in Maryland has scolded the Trump administration for its "utter refusal" to detail deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues.