The official death toll from last week's wildfires on Maui climbed to 110 on Wednesday, according to Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, as Hawaiian Electric faces scrutiny and a lawsuit for failing to shut-down active power lines. Russian drone raids on Ukraine's southern Odessa region destroyed warehouses and granaries at a grain-handling port on the River Danube, authorities said Wednesday. Ohio's Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Wednesday that a measure to regulate marijuana like alcohol, allowing for its recreational use, had been approved for placement on the general election ballot in November. Adam Fox and Barry Croft, convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, are demanding a new trial. The pair argues a juror, accused of misconduct, ended up serving as the foreman. A federal appeals court has upheld parts of the Food and Drug Administration's decades-old approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone, in a divided ruling that also reversed the FDA's subsequent rules expanding access. Health officials in Florida are warning of a potential increase in dengue fever cases after two new cases were reported to have spread locally in Broward County. Bruce Springsteen has postponed two of his concerts this week with the E Street Band, in Philadelphia, due to an unspecified illness. On the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act on Wednesday, President Joe Biden called the act transformative for the climate and the economy, and he said it is working, with inflation down and wages up. Fani Willis, who is prosecuting Donald Trump in Georgia on allegations he led a criminal enterprise to influence the results of the 2020 election, has asked for a trial date ahead of Super Tuesday. Tropical Storm Hilary has formed off the Pacific Coast of Mexico and is gaining strength, becoming the third major storm system to form in the Pacific, joining Tropical Storm Greg and Hurricane Fernanda, both of which ar Roku Channel released a clip from "Honest Renovations" on Wednesday. The renovation show hosted by Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis premieres Friday. Firefighters in Massachusetts were reunited with a healthy and happy kitten two days after they rescued the distressed feline from a storm drain. Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue. Firefighters in Massachusetts took a boat out into a lake to rescue a disoriented dog that ran into trouble during a swim. An aide to Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., allegedly impersonated the chief of staff of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order to solicit donations, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. A British Columbia library said a book was recently returned after being due back 86 years earlier. A Maryland man who bought 15 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing ended up winning 15 $50,000 prizes -- a total of $750,000. An independent forensics report shows actor Alec Baldwin had to have pulled the trigger on the set of his film Rust and that the gun fired normally and did not malfunction. Breast, colon and pancreatic cancer rates are increasing at concerning rates among America's young adults, a new study finds. New York Jets senior defensive assistant-cornerbacks coach Tony Oden was hospitalized Wednesday after he caught some "friendly fire" in a fight between the Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a joint practice, As NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft nears completion, scientists have added a piece of equipment designed to detect water. FX announced the premiere date of "American Horror Stories" Season 3, Oct. 26 on Hulu, with ominous new key art. Aldi, one of two discount grocers by the same name founded in Germany, announced Wednesday it would acquire the supermarket chains Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket from Southeastern Grocers. |
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