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Giant letters spell "ALOHA" at a hotel on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Native Hawaiians say that the aloha spirit is unique and that it's helping them recover from the recent wildfires.

Hawaii's spirit of aloha helps restore a wildfire-damaged community

Native Hawaiians say the aloha spirit is unique — and it's helping them recover.

The deadly wildfires in Maui, Hawaii fanned by winds from Hurricane Dora have destroyed the city of Lahaina and caused significant damage to the island.

See how one volunteer group organized aid deliveries after fire decimates Lahaina

In Maui, NPR joined a tour boat operator to see the grassroots initiative the local surfing community and neighbors started to fill in gaps not currently being filled by official channels.

A pile of dried cannabis buds is seen here, Aug. 31, 2017.

Voters poised to pass Measure A, the cannabis business tax

If approved, it would allow the Board of Supervisors to set the initial tax rate on cannabis for recreational and medicinal operations in the unincorporated county.

Bishop Lamor Whitehead was robbed of more than $1 million worth of jewelry in July when armed gunmen entered his church during a service. He is now facing federal fraud charges in an unrelated case.

Brooklyn pastor claims innocence while facing federal fraud and extortion charges

In July, Lamor Whitehead and his wife were robbed of $1 million in jewelry after armed gunmen entered their church during a live-streamed service.

Customer at Now or Never Comics searches for a back issue. July 16, 2023

Comic book stores offer an extended Comic-Con experience

Skip the crowds and check out the Eisner award-winning comics at one of San Diego's amazing shops.

On Sept. 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. This week, the city is remembering one of the darkest chapters in civil rights history.

Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk speaks at the "Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships," marketing conference in Miami Beach, Florida, in April.

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again.

Garland names special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation

David Weiss, a Trump appointee as U.S. attorney who was retained during the Biden administration, has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby speaks during a joint press event with Boeing at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, S.C., on Dec. 13, 2022.

Lack of air traffic controllers is industry's biggest issue, United Airlines CEO says

United Airlines CEO says the shortage of air traffic controllers has been a decades-long problem.

Firefighters hose down a burning house during the Tick Fire in Agua Dulce near Santa Clarita, Calif., in October 2019.

State Farm has stopped accepting homeowner insurance applications in California

The announcement is the latest development in what has been a years-long issue in California: insurance companies dropping homeowners because of the growing risk of wildfires.

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