Lahaina, one of Maui’s tourist hubs, looks like a wasteland Thursday, with homes and entire blocks reduced to ashes as firefighters battled the deadliest blaze in the United States in recent years. (Tiffany Kidder Winn / The Associated Press)
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WA emergency team deployed to aid search and rescue for Maui fires

Emergency crews from King and Pierce counties have been deployed to Hawaii to help search-and-rescue missions as fires in Maui continue to burn.

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FILE — Former President Donald Trump departs Reagan National Airport after his arraignment in federal court in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Two prominent conservative law professors have concluded that Trump is ineligible to be president under a provision of the Constitution that bars people who have engaged in an insurrection from holding government office. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT0792 XNYT0792

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FILE – In this March 9, 2021, file photo, a plane arrives at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. Federal officials say they’re asking the FBI to consider criminal prosecution of nearly two dozen more airline passengers accused of disturbances on flights. The incidents range from sexual assault to smoking in airplane lavatories. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 that it has now referred more than 270 cases to the FBI since late 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) NYPS209

Sexual assault reports on flights to Seattle add to ‘disturbing uptick’ in U.S., officials say

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Business & Tech

This photo provided Virgin Galactic shows passengers during Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023. Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday. The space plane glided back to a runway landing at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, after a brief flight that gave passengers a few minutes of weightlessness.(Virgin Galactic via AP) NY125 NY125

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists finally soar, an Olympian and a mother-daughter duo VIEW

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FILE – An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York. Nationwide, students have been absent at record rates since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 school year. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File) NY885 NY885

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US VIEW

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Book caption: The southern residents put on a show in their core summer habitat of the San Juan Islands. Credit: Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times Original Caption: July 14, 2018. Southern resident orcaÃŒs off of the west side of San Juan Island. 206917 206917

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The Seattle Seahawks warm-up before the start of the first preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. 224646
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Photos: Seahawks vs. Vikings VIEW

At the end of practice Wednesday, coach Jake Dickert had a game for his players to participate in. They would put their heads against a baseball bat and spin for 40 seconds, and then – completely dizzy – attempt to his a baseball off a tee inside Martin Stadium. Wide receiver Lincoln Victor sent everything but the ball flying. 224672
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J. Michael Kelly in Beacon Electric runs in the heats. 224572
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Washington Huskies warmup Sunday morning at Huskies Stadium in Seattle, Washington on August 6, 2023. 224587
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