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• Death toll from Maui fire reaches 93, but the effort to find and identify the dead is just beginning

  13-08-2023 22:23 via wane.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town climbed to 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. The blaze is already the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.Crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3% of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said Saturday.“We’ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles, and it is fu
  
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• FEMA director describes Maui wildfire as 'scene from an apocalyptic movie' 

  13-08-2023 20:01 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) – Deanne Criswell, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), described wildfires devastating the island of Mauias a "scene from an apocalyptic movie."Criswell described the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that has left at least 93 people dead as of Sunday morning to CBS reporter Jonathan Vigliotti. The wildfire devastated the historic town of Lahaina last week, leaving hundreds of structures destroyed and many more damaged."It's absolutely heartbr
  
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• How parents are saving and schools are paying after law change this back-to-school season

  13-08-2023 19:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Beginning this school year, all Indiana schools will be required to follow the new law passed in the 2023 legislative season.With this law in place, schools are no longer allowed to charge families for curricular materials. This entails all things that teachers need to conduct a class like technology and course fees. Indiana schools are now receiving $151 per student in order to cover this fee, but depending on the grade and class schedule, this may not be enough
  
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• Body of New York man recovered from Monroe Lake

  13-08-2023 17:51 via wane.com
  
  MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Indiana Conversation Officers are investigating the body of a New York man after it was recovered from Monroe Lake.Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:52 pm emergency personnel were dispatched after a man went underwater and never resurfaced.
  The Monroe County Dive Team and Indiana Conservation Officers recovered Rajesh Kumar, 40 of Ozone Park, New York. Lifesaving measures were attempted but Kumar was pronounced dead on the scene.
  Officers said no life jackets we
  
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• VROOM for one more? Old Fort Volkswagen holds its 22 annual car show and swap meet

  13-08-2023 16:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Saturday Fort Wayne will welcome back Old Fort Volkswagen for its 22 annual car show and swap meet.
  The car show puts a special feature on Audi's, Porches, and Volkswagens with a special feature for the International Scout for the 22 show.
  The show is free to the public but it does cost if you want to be a participant. For the show, it's $10 to enter your car and $15 for swap space. Several food trucks will be at the event as well as an entertainment lounge with a DJ.
  
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• 4 ways restarting student loan payments could impact the economy

  13-08-2023 15:02 via wane.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - After more than three years of an interest-free payment pause on federal student loans, millions of Americans will soon be on the hook for monthly payments. The effects could be felt across the economy.How resuming payments will affect a single borrower varies widely, depending on, among other things, whether they stopped making payments at all, how much debt they have, the repayment program they’re in, and their current and future expected income. It also depends on the oth
  
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• 4 people dead and 1 missing after explosion destroys 3 structures in Pennsylvania

  13-08-2023 14:16 via wane.com
  
  PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Four people were dead and a fifth was unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said.Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the borough of Plum, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh.Three people were transported to area hospitals, including one who was listed in cr
  
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• Starting next year, child influencers can sue if earnings aren't set aside, says new Illinois law

  13-08-2023 13:33 via wane.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work, according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who sponsored a bill that was signed into law and will go into effect on July 1, 2024."The rise of social media has given children new opportunities to earn a profit,” Koehler said in an emailed press release after the bill was signed Friday afternoon. “Many parents have taken this opportunity to pocket the m
  
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• Two injured in late Saturday crash

  13-08-2023 12:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash that happened at approximately 11:15PM on Saturday August 12th. Fort Wayne Police responded to the intersection of Rothman Road and Denise Drive on Fort Wayne's Northeast side, where they found a single vehicle.When police arrived on the scene, they found an adult male trapped in the driver's seat of the car. Police also found an adult woman was in the passenger's seat. The driver of the car was removed from the vehicle
  
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• Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years

  13-08-2023 04:44 via wane.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A raging wildfire that swept through a picturesque town on the Hawaiian island of Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, authorities said Saturday, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
  The newly released figure surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradies. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a n
  
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• X for clear, HR for human remains: Maui searches the ruins of a historic town after deadly fire

  13-08-2023 04:17 via wane.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Federal emergency workers with axes and cadaver dogs picked through the aftermath of a deadly wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui Saturday, marking the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains.
  Dogs worked the rubble, and their occasional bark — used to alert their handlers to a possible corpse — echoed over the hot and colorless landscape.
  The inferno that swept through the centuries-old town of
  
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• Celebration over continued Fort Wayne development

  13-08-2023 02:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Driving past Parkview's campus on Diebold Road today you see all sorts of development.
  Restaurants and hotels dot the landscape surrounding the medical center, but the space used to be a little more bare."We've seen a lot of things come in," said Denny Worman, a commercial real estate agent with Century 21 Bradley Realty, Inc.
  Worman has been selling land to prospective businesses in the area for years, and for him, it's a relief to see the growth.
  "We brought Mei
  
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• Bright orange X's on buildings signal search for bodies after deadly Maui fire. HR for human remains

  13-08-2023 02:29 via wane.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The grim work of tallying the dead after a ferocious wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui came into sharp focus Saturday as crews picked through the devastation, marking homes with a bright orange X to signal they had searched for bodies and HR when they found human remains.At least 80 people perished in the inferno that swept through the centuries-old town of Lahaina on Maui’s west coast. As the homes that remained standing got their marks, residents who ba
  
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• Muncie man dies in Grant County motorcycle crash after fleeing from police

  13-08-2023 02:21 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana State Police (ISP) says that a man from Muncie, Indiana died as a result of a crash late Friday night.
  ISP says that Grant County Deputies tried to stop 33-year-old Garrett Gaddis of Muncie for a traffic violation when he sped away from police on his motorcycle.
  The attempted traffic stop was at State Road 9 and Goff Drive (just south of Marion),Gaddis fled northbound.
  While Grant County Police initially pursued, they lost contact with Gaddis near 4
  
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• Survivors of the deadly Maui wildfire start returning to ruins. The death toll is likely to rise

  13-08-2023 02:01 via wane.com
  
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The grim work of tallying the dead after a ferocious wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui came into sharp focus Saturday as crews picked through the devastation, marking homes with a bright orange X to signal they had searched for bodies and HR when they found human remains.At least 80 people perished in the inferno that swept through the centuries-old town of Lahaina on Maui’s west coast. As the homes that remained standing got their marks, residents who ba
  
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• 15 Days of Back to School: How an Indiana bill is keeping your kids safe this school year

  13-08-2023 00:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — House Bill 1264 requires anyone in the state who is working at a childcare facility to submit a national criminal history background check.This recent legislation also expanded the number of convictions that are considered disqualifying on background checks for those aspiring to work in childcare facilities.Applicants are required to take both a background check and a child abuse index.Previously, if an applicant had certain criminal offenses on their record ten y
  
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