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At a Sunday Mass at a church in Kapalua, Clarence Silva, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, appealed to somber parishioners not to abandon their faith. (August 14) (AP Video/Haven Daley)

An investigation has been launched to look into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world’s most treacherous mountain. There have been allegations climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man. (Aug 13)
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green said on Saturday the death toll from devastating wildfires on the island of Maui had risen to 89, making it the deadliest in the U.S. in the past century. Green told a news conference the figure would rise further as the emer…

The Associated Press has attained rare visuals of Jimmy Lai, the jailed publisher and prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong.

Deadly wildfires that swept with alarming speed and strength through the Hawaiian island of Maui reduced hundreds of homes to ash, sending emergency workers scrambling Saturday to find temporary housing for those lucky enough to survive a conflagration…

Authorities say one person is dead, another was critically injured and several people are unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others. (August 12)
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The Red Cross based in Wailuku provided aid and relief supplies for those affected by the wildfires in Maui. (August 12) (AP Video: Haven Daley)

0813 Today in History

High heat from the blazing sun proved considerably harder to handle than fastballs up in the strike zone at the DYB World Series. Temperatures reached 105 degrees, with the heat index topping out at 117. (Aug. 12)

Last September, when President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists, Moscow Patriarch Kirill required his clergymen to pray for victory. Standing in front of the altar and dozens of his parishioners in one of Moscow’s churches, K…