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HONOLULU (AP) — A new report shows that the head of Maui's emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August. That came as a broader communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts. The report released Wednesday says communications problems…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law cannot be applied to Becky Pepper Jackson. She has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as…

Reaction has come in regarding the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson's family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. The decorated football star was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, but wound up in…

PHOENIX (AP) — A near-total ban on abortions is set to take effect in Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court says the state can enforce its long-dormant law making abortion illegal in all cases except when a mother’s life is at stake. Enforcement can take effect in 14 days. The ruling examined an 1864 law that…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press An early spring nor'easter is hammering the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds, with some northern areas expected to get up to two feet of snow. Around 670,000 homes and businesses remain without power Thursday afternoon from West Virginia to Maine. Police say a falling tree in a…