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Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. visits a distribution center at Lahaina Crossing. A deadly wildfire destroyed the city of Lahaina, Maui.

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Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything'

Officials in Hawaii are scrambling to support the enormous and growing mental health needs of Maui residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history

August 21, 2023
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The first debate of the 2024 Republican primary candidates is set for Wednesday. What questions do you have about the race?

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The Republican primary race is in full swing. NPR wants your election questions

The first Republican presidential primary debate is this Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. Let us know what you want to know as the candidates take the stage.

August 21, 2023
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Guatemalan presidential candidate for the Semilla party, Bernardo Arevalo, celebrates the results of the presidential run-off election in Guatemala City, on August 20, 2023.

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Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the run-off elections by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

August 21, 2023
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Supporters attend an open-air Mass during the closing campaign rally of the "Movement Construye" party in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday.

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Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

August 21, 2023
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This photo combo of file images shows from left, Sandra Torres, National Unity of Hope, UNE, presidential candidate, in Guatemala City, Aug. 18, 2023, and Bernardo Arévalo, Seed Movement presidential candidate, in Guatemala City, July 13, 2023.

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Progressive Arévalo moves to decisive lead in Guatemala's presidential election

Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters made a decisive choice for change.

August 20, 2023
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The wind blows in Los Cerritos community in La Paz, Baja California State, Mexico, during the passage of Hurricane Hilary on Saturday.

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Tropical Storm Hilary unleashes heavy rains and flooding on Southern California

Heavy rain associated with the system is creating "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding," the weather service said. Some roadways in Southern California have flooded.

August 20, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
This photo provided by WSDOT East (Washington State of Transportation) smoke from wildfires fill the sky at Salnave/SR 902 interchange in Spokane County, Wash., on Saturday.

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A wildfire in eastern Washington has killed one and destroyed 185 structures

A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday.

August 20, 2023
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After a relatively quiet start to the Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center was monitoring multiple storm systems in the Atlantic on Sunday.

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Tropical Storm Emily takes shape in the Atlantic, as storm activity starts to warm up

As the season is nearing its peak, the Atlantic Ocean has suddenly become very active with several storms that meteorologists and weather forecasters are watching.

August 20, 2023
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Spain defeated England to lift its first ever Women's World Cup trophy

We bring you the latest on the final match of the 2023 World Cup, between England and Spain.

August 20, 2023
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Mortgage rates are at a record high. Here's what that means for home buying

Rates for a fixed, 30-year mortgage jumped to the highest rate seen in over 20 years - over seven percent. We'll look at what this means for prospective homebuyers, and the housing market in general.

August 20, 2023
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Naomi and Shaquille at The Ark City of Refuge, a shelter and rehabilitation center in Faure. In her early teens, Naomi began spending time on the streets. "I've never been homeless, I'm just a drifter," she says. 2012.

'Love from Manenberg' shows life in a community plagued by gang violence

Sarah Stacke photographs life in a South African township, where residents are three times as likely to be murdered than anywhere else in the country, in her new book, Love from Manenberg.

August 20, 2023
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Spain teammates celebrate their victory over England in the final of the Women's World Cup at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

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Spain outlasts England 1-0 to win its first Women's World Cup title

Spain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.

August 20, 2023
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Lolita was captured in the Pacific coast near Seattle nearly 50 years ago at the age of 4.

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Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean

After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a "renal condition."

August 20, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Vanessa Zoltan says the theology that she was raised in was the Holocaust.

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Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift

Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.

August 20, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
FILE - In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.

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  • World

The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.

August 20, 2023
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