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After their intimate Hawaii wedding, Bob and Cindy Curler went to dinner. Across the island, a wildfire was destroying the area where their hotel was located. (Aug. 11)

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As flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes
By MATT SEDENSKY - AP National Writer
Fri,08/11/23-1:53PM , 280 Reads
An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. A couple taking their wedding vows.

All were caught in the crossfire, forced to flee as flames swallowed parts of Maui, that drop in the Pacific where roads wind past waterfalls, turtles glide through gem-blue waters and a volcano towers overhead.
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In the first criminal case against a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during the 2016 campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. (March 31)

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New York, city of Trump's dreams, delivers his comeuppance
By MATT SEDENSKY - AP National Writer
Sun,04/02/23-6:18AM , 585 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — His name has been plastered on this city’s tabloids, bolted to its buildings and cemented to a special breed of brash New York confidence. Now, with Donald Trump due to return to the place that put him on the map, the city he loved is poised to deliver his comeuppance.
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Alex Morisey sits for a portrait in his room at a nursing home in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. For U.S. nursing home residents receiving Medicaid, like Morisey, all income is garnished and the person is left to rely on a small subsidy known as a personal needs allowance. The federal government hasn't changed the minimum rate, $30 monthly, since 1987. Pennsylvania’s allowance is $45. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies
By MATT SEDENSKY - AP National Writer
Wed,03/15/23-6:00AM , 570 Reads
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New pants to replace Alex Morisey’s tattered khakis will have to wait. There’s no cash left for sugar-free cookies either. Even at the month’s start, the budget is so bare that Fixodent is a luxury. Now, halfway through it, things are so tight that even a Diet Pepsi is a stretch.
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Memphis authorities released more than an hour of footage Friday of the violent beating of Tyre Nichols in which officers held the Black motorist down and struck him repeatedly as he screamed for his mother (January 27)

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In 67 minutes of video, brutality followed by nonchalance
By MATT SEDENSKY - AP National Writer
Sat,01/28/23-4:20PM , 594 Reads
If you stumbled on the scene too late, you might have missed him there, bloodied and beaten.
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