WorldNews

Searchers with cadaver dogs have been going from building to building in the west Maui community of Lahaina, looking for victims of devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island, as officials tally the loss of life and destruction of property. Confirmed death toll rises to 93, with cost to rebuild estimated …

It's yet to be determined what ignited the wildfires that ravaged Maui, but online conspiracy theorists have plenty of thoughts. Experts say such theories, which have no proof and can often be easily debunked, can thrive after a disaster strikes as people try to make sense of a tense situation …

A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighbourhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing tales of narrow escapes with only the clothes on their backs. Extent …

There were no sirens, no one with bullhorns, no one to tell anyone what to do: Maui residents were on their own, with their families and neighbours, to choose whether to stay or to run, and where to run to. At least 99 people dead after the deadliest U.S. wildfire …

Thousands of people fled Maui after wildfires ravaged their hotels and resorts earlier this week, disrupting their beach vacations. But long after the tourists return home, the wildfires will have a lasting impact on residents of Lahaina. Historical sites dating back to the 1700s have been lost, along with multi-generational …

Police in Montgomery, Ala., say two men turned themselves in on Wednesday to be charged in connection with an attack on a riverboat captain and another dock worker that sparked a riverside brawl. Fight broke out over docking of a boat Police in Alabama on Wednesday arrested two more boaters …

President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying. Villavicencio was one of eight candidates in the Aug. 20 presidential vote, though not the front-runner. President suggests organized crime behind slaying of Fernando Villavicencio An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up …

Hugh Gusterson, an anthropologist with expertise in militarism and nuclear policy at the University of British Columbia, encourages viewers of Oppenheimer to think about the grave threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity. Atomic bomb exploded on Nagasaki in southwestern Japan on Aug. 9, 1945, killing at least 40,000 people …

Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence. 29-year-old Greek fan was stabbed to death outside AEK Athens' stadium on Tuesday Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans …

Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and devastated much of Hawaii's Maui island on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee and some to escape into the ocean to avoid smoke and flames. Blazes fanned by winds of distant hurricane force residents, tourists to flee …