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Illegal pangolin scales seized in Thai bust

Authorities in Maui defended not using sirens to warn residents of deadly wildfires, saying they would have caused residents to ‘go into the fire.’

Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday evening due to wildfires; our maps show the impacted areas.

An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned some 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of some 300 people from several small towns, Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo said Thur…

The state assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of the three bills.

President Joe Biden is set to welcome leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit of his presidency. Biden plans to use Friday’s Camp David meetings to urge the leaders to turn the page on their difficult history and cement closer ties. (Aug….

A small aircraft crashed Thursday in a suburb in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, with at least nine bodies recovered, police said. (Aug. 14)

Some Lahaina residents are waiting near checkpoints, eager to get back to their homes. They’re sent away despite pleas to be let in.

Today in History for August 17th

An appeals court backed limits on access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, the Maui Fire becomes one of the deadliest in U.S. history: 5 Things podcast