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A Hawaiian flag stands near a residential area devastated by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. As days turn into weeks, the odds are growing longer for families hoping to be reunited with missing loved ones after the fire swept across Hawaii's town of Lahaina. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones

August 20, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

The days of waiting have become harder and harder as the odds grow longer and longer, but Kevin Baclig remains undeterred in his search for his wife and her parents,...

Dexter Davis, a neighborhood resident, walks ...

Superstorm Sandy legacy: Recovery far from equal on NY shore

October 26, 2022 at 10:12 a.m.

There is little sign of the development promised along block after block of worn homes, some long unoccupied. Meanwhile, mostly white communities further west on the peninsula have flourished, with...

People stand on the destroyed bridge to Pine Island as they view the damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The only bridge to the island is heavily damaged so it can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In Hurricane Ian鈥檚 wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

October 3, 2022 at 6:56 a.m.

People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters flying rescue missions to residents still stranded on Florida’s...

A Mickey Mantle baseball card is displayed at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, on July 21, 2022. A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card has sold for $12.6 million, blasting into the record books Sunday Aug. 28, 2022 as the most expensive ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia. (LM Otero, The Associated Press)

Mickey Mantle card breaks record with $12.6 million sale, as sports memorabilia soar

August 28, 2022 at 9:15 a.m.

A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has...

Rare 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card going up for auction

July 25, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

A decades-old, mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card could break records when it goes up for auction next month.

FILE – R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Sept. 17, 2019. R&B legend R. Kelly is entering another phase of his well-publicized downward spiral with a sentencing in a New York City courtroom Wednesday, June 29, 2022, that could put him behind bars for a quarter century or more. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

June 30, 2022 at 10:42 a.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were...

Pride parades march on with new urgency across U.S.

June 26, 2022 at 3:21 p.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pride parades kicked off in New York City and around the country Sunday with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags and newfound fears about losing...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, and ...

Man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people arrested

March 16, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man suspected of stalking and shooting homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington was arrested early Tuesday. Police said at least...

Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight

January 24, 2022 at 7:25 a.m.

Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade.

Members of National Action Network pray ...

Young officer slain in Harlem joined to help “chaotic city”

January 22, 2022 at 6:36 p.m.

The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment came from an immigrant family and grew up in...

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