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Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as …

FILE - The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Soon after Lahaina Hongwanji Mission burned in a wildfire that decimated much of the historic coastal town, the Japanese Buddhist temple's resident minister was desperate to go back and see what remained. Now, he's more hesitant. The Rev. Ai Hironaka and other Lahaina residents are grappling with a range of feelings as Maui authorities plan to begin allowing them back into what has become known as the "burn zone." (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP, File)

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Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support …

Picketers walk around the gates of the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., Thursday, Sep. 21, 2023. Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios have resumed and will continue Thursday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Biden deal with tribes promises $200M for Columbia River …

FILE - Water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., on the Columbia River on June 1, 2011. The Biden administration on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, has pledged over $200 million toward reintroducing salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basin in an agreement with tribes that includes a stay on litigation for 20 years. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound …

FILE - A children's bicycle and a baby stroller lay inside a squalid makeshift living compound in Amalia, N.M., on Aug. 10, 2018. Two firearms charges were dismissed Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, amid preparations for trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on the compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy's decomposed body. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

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After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes …

Asylum-seekers wait in a makeshift camp after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing in tents made from tree branches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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An end in sight? Striking writers and Hollywood studios …

Demonstrators walk with signs during a rally outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios have resumed and will continue Thursday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

2 teens held in fatal bicyclist hit-and-run video …

Clark County District Attorney Steven Wolfson speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police on Tuesday announced a second teenager has been arrested in a series of hit-and-run crashes, including the death of a former California police chief who was riding a bicycle last month. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Chicago officials ink nearly $30M contract with security …

FILE - Large air conditioners are seen outside the dormitory tent during a media tour of a shelter New York City is setting up to house up to 1,000 migrants in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Police suggested charging a child for her explicit …

The entrance to the Columbus Division of Police Headquarters is shown on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. A Columbus police officer summoned to a home by a father concerned his 11-year-old daughter was being solicited by an adult man repeatedly asserted that the girl could face charges for sending explicit images of herself. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled …

FILE - A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a drugstore in Cypress, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on them for ages 6 months and up in September 2023, people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, …

Migrants who crossed into the U.S. from Mexico walk past concertina wire lining the banks of the Rio Grande as they move to an area for processing, Sept. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Migrants have always come to the U.S., but the immigration system now seems strained nationwide more than ever. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)