The death toll from the Hawaiian wildfires has climbed to 93 as new video emerges of residents being tossed around the ocean after jumping in to flee flames.
Blazes on the island of Maui have now become the deadliest wildfires in modern US history, as authorities continue to work to identify the victims.
As the fires swept the island, new footage has also emerged of people who had jumped into the Pacific Ocean in an effort to escape the flames.
Asylum seekers moving onto the Bibby Stockholm migrant boat have likened the conditions to the notorious Alcatraz prison.
The boat, located at Portland in Dorset, has room to accommodate up to 500 people. But one of the first people to move onto it told the BBC it felt like a prison.
The Home Office however says the barge will provide better value for the public purse. It comes as the number of small boats arriving at the British coast continues
Rescue teams and army personnel combed through the wreckage in Nawabsha, Pakistan, with the help of people from nearby villages.
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Experts on Friday will act out the 2018 Florida school shooting with live rounds of ammunition that can be heard as far as a mile away in a move that some residents are calling “insane” and “horrific.”
The reenactment is part of a lawsuit brought by victims’ families against the school’s former officer, Scot Peterson, and his employer, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
“This is horrific. Our town has been through enough,” Whitney Miller wrote in a Facebook post responding
During the summer, many top tourist destinations around the world struggle with huge numbers of visitors.
Although local residents often complain about tourists’ behaviour, one traveller said they think people have “no right to complain”.
A Reddit user said: “If you choose to live in a touristy area, you have no right to complain about annoying tourists. It’s very irritating when people who voluntarily choose to move to touristy areas complain about the huge number of tourists that come through
METROPOLIS, Ill. – Southern Illinois locals told Fox News they’re afraid that the approaching end of cash bail will increase crime and endanger residents, with one saying the state is already “lawless” and will never be safe again.
“Illinois is already the lawless, wasteland state,” Warren told Fox News. “One hundred percent will that make this situation worse. Illinois’ streets are never gonna be safe for its people again.”
A line outside the meeting stretched around the block as community members flocked to hold Price accountable.
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People on the tourist island fear the impact of the loss of summer trade after fires that ravaged businesses and homes. EURACTIV’s media partner, The Guardian, reports.
Anastassia Pissaka, a pharmacist, was sitting outside the blackened remains of a cafe in Kiotari, ready to volunteer in case local people needed medicines. Her pharmacy had survived, even as the flames completely destroyed the neighbouring business, causing what many in the local area view as needless damage.
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As actor-writer Kirk Cameron prepares to hold story-hour programs connected to his new children’s book at two public libraries next week after they initially rejected his inquiries, some local residents where he’ll be speaking have expressed their disapproval — including of Cameron himself.
“We can show this voice that he [Cameron] means nothing to us by simply not listening to him,” wrote two residents of Scarsdale, New York, in a joint letter to the editor published on that town’s largest
