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Jonesville Historic Gullah Neighborhood resident Josephine Wright stands between her home and an orange safety fence that boarders the 29-acre construction site, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. A Georgia-based developer's planned 147-unit short-term rental complex that broke ground last summer. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
All along the booming South Carolina coast, developers looking to profit on vacation getaways and new homes are targeting land owned by the descendants of enslaved people. From Myrtle Beach to Hilton … more
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FILE - Chris and Nancy Brown embrace while searching through the remains of their home, leveled by the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2018. The Camp Fire bears many similarities to the deadly wildfire in Hawaii. Both fires moved so quickly residents had little time to escape. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
They lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they're reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California town are reliving their own harrowing experience with a similar conflagration. The town of Paradise was … more
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People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Savannah's city council voted in November 2022 to remove from the square the name of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, an outspoken advocate for slavery in the decades before the Civil War. As the city council prepares to vote on a new name, a list of recommended finalists includes the names of four Black people, a Native American tribe and a group of women. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate
The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares. All the people they honor were white men. Soon, one of the squares could be named for a Black person or a woman for … more
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FILE -In this photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center, a Pacific walrus pup rests his head on the lap of a staff member after being admitted to the center's Wildlife Response Program in Seward, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. A walrus calf found on its own miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope last week and who received cuddles as part of his care after being rescued died on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center via AP, File)
Rescued walrus calf that was receiving cuddles as part of his care in Alaska dies
A walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope last week and who received cuddles as part of his care after being rescued has died. The nonprofit research facility and … more
FILE - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen delivers his State of the State on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at the the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. A Nebraska judge on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 rejected an effort to block a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret sided with the state and allowed a law approved by the Nebraska Legislature earlier this year to remain in effect. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)
Nebraska judge allows abortion limits and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery
A Nebraska judge is allowing a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery to remain in effect. Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret on … more
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This image from video shows the family of Tashawn Bernard, a 12-year-old who was handcuffed by a police officer on Thursday, in what the Lansing (Mich.) Police Department described as an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” speaks during a virtual press conference with their lawyers, Ayanna and Rico Neal, left, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
Michigan police detained a Black child who was in the 'wrong place, wrong time,' department says
A Michigan police department says a white officer handcuffed a Black child who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Lansing Police Department says Friday on Facebook that the officer … more
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Sunrise on the first day of school at the Jefferson County Public Schools Detrick Bus Compound at 3686 Parthenia Ave., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Kentucky's largest school system cancelled the second and third day of classes after a disastrous overhaul of the transportation system that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. on opening day. (Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal via AP)
Kentucky school district rushes to fix bus route snarl that canceled classes and outraged parents
Louisville school district officials say a total overhaul of bus routes created too steep a learning curve for the system. The logistical meltdown forced classes to be canceled for two days this week … more
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Children cool off in a fountain at VDNKh (The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy), in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
Aug. 4-10, 2023 Children cool off in a fountain in Moscow in warm weather as people gather for the annual SUP board festival in St. Petersburg. Catholics gather to see Pope Francis in … more
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Myrna Ah Hee reacts as she waits in front of an evacuation center at the War Memorial Gymnasium, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Wailuku, Hawaii. The Ah Hees were there because they were looking for her husband's brother. Their own home in Lahaina was spared, but the homes of many of their relatives were destroyed by wildfires. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
'Nothing left': Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire
The fire that tore across a coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already claimed dozens of lives and burned more than 1,000 buildings. It has turned a centuries-old hamlet beloved by … more
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A flyover of historic Lahaina shows entire neighborhoods that had been a vibrant vision of color and island life reduced to gray ash. Block after block is nothing but rubble and blackened foundations, including along famous Front Street, where tourists shopped and dined just days ago. (August 10) (AP Video: Ty O'Neil)
Fast-moving Hawaii fires will take a heavy toll on the state's environment
The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment. Experts say the fires are likely to transform the landscape in unwanted ways including hastening … more
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Demonstrators run past tires set on fire during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
AP-Week in Pictures: Aug. 3 - Aug. 10, 2023
From fiery protests in Haiti, to wildfires in Hawaii, to an assassination in Ecuador, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The … more
Wildfire wreckage is left behind following a stubborn blaze on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
'Ash and debris': Journalist covering Maui fires surveys destruction of once-vibrant Hawaii town
A Las Vegas-based video journalist for The Associated Press dispatched to cover devastating wind-fueled wildfires in Hawaii says the scene over Maui was one of the worst he’s seen in more than … more
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This photo provided by Phoenix-based Rattlesnake Solutions shows one of their employees holding a coachwhip snake found inside a toilet in a home in Tucson, Ariz., on July 16, 2023. (Nikolaus Kemme/Rattlesnake Solutions via AP)
Snake in a toilet: Slithering visitor to Arizona home camps out where homeowner least expects it
Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake camped out in her toilet. The reptilian run-in happened July 15 but Lespron has been getting … more
Commissioner Allen Dickerson, appears on a screen, while speaking during a Federal Election Commission public meeting on whether it should regulate the use of AI-generated political campaign advertisements, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads
The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a … more
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FILE - Monica Lee stands outside her eldest son's house in Braxton, Miss., March 21, 2023, as she talks about her youngest son, Damien Cameron. The 29-year-old Black man, with a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being arrested by two Rankin County sheriff's deputies. A civil suit can continue against a former Mississippi deputy who pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to torturing and shooting a Black man in the mouth, with the suit alleging the former deputy is also responsible for the death of another Black man in 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)
Civil suit can continue against corrupt former deputy linked to death of Mississippi man
A civil suit can continue against a former Mississippi deputy who pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to torturing and shooting a Black man in the mouth. The suit alleges the deputy is also responsible for the … more
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FILE - A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 congregants at the Pittsburgh synagogue, was formally sentenced to death on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
White supremacist accused of threatening jury, witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman
A self-proclaimed white supremacist has been arrested on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue. … more
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2015 file photo, a man walks along a trail during sunset near Manhattan, Kan. In 2022, about 49,500 people took their own lives in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
US suicides hit an all-time high last year
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever. That's according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has … more
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FILE - A piece of wall is seen amid the wreckage of Nina Lavigna's beachfront home, after half of her house collapsed following Hurricane Nicole, Nov. 12, 2022, in Wilbur-By-The-Sea, Fla. Record hot ocean temperatures and a tardy El Nino are doubling the chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino
Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall. Thursday's forecast update by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration increased the … more
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A home under construction is shown on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 in Sudbury, Mass. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.96% this week, matching highest level this year
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week to just under 7%, the latest setback for would-be homebuyers already facing affordability challenges due to a housing market limited by a … more
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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a fatal crash on Interstate 81 near Chambersburg, Pa., late Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. A recreational vehicle blew a tire on the interstate highway in , crossed the median and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer, killing four people in the RV and the truck driver, authorities said. (WPMT/FOX43 via AP)
5 killed when RV blows tire, crashes head-on into tractor-trailer
Pennsylvania state police say five people died when a recreational vehicle blew a tire on an interstate highway, crossed the median and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer. The crash occurred … more
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