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The fires in Maui have exacerbated Hawaii’s housing crisis, leaving many wondering if homeowners can afford to rebuild — and if tourist-friendly “climate gentrification” might exclude local residents.

The promise of new fighter jets came the day after an unusually brazen Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian theater that killed seven people and wounded almost 150 others.

Tropical Storm Hilary is no longer a hurricane but it's still packing what forecasters call “life-threatening” rain as it speeds up Mexico's Baja coast toward Southern California.

Hawaii is increasingly under siege from disasters, and what is escalating most is wildfire. It is, in fact, one of the riskiest states in the country. That reality can clash with the vision of the storied state as a paradise.  

Shoppers are looking beyond just the price tag of a skirt or a pair of pants in the wake of still stubbornly high inflation. Some are adopting a new calculation: how many times will they wear a piece of clothing to be able to justify the cost?

The world’s top chess federation ruling barring transgender women from its official events for women is coming under fire, prompting calls for more research.

Black bears keep eating human items left along lakeshores while visitors dip in the water. 

Hilary is expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

Millions of Medicaid recipients face the potential loss of health coverage, and federal officials are concerned long help center call wait times may be contributing to the surge.

Patients taking blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face potentially deadly complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia.

The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an exhibition about the Ukraine war with grim echoes of her plight more than three quarters of a century later.

Multiple agencies have calculated that July was the globally hottest calendar month on record. Using geological data, it was also likely the single warmest month in the history of human civilization. One oceanographer is worried about the months to come.

President Joe Biden is keeping mum the special counsel investigation into his son Hunter Biden, deferring questions during a historic Camp David summit.