• Associated Press

    George Kirby twirls 6 shutout innings, Mariners snap 4-game losing streak beating Houston 6-2

    George Kirby escaped an early bases loaded jam to throw six shutout innings, Seattle took advantage of three Houston errors, and the Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Astros on Tuesday night. Seattle pulled within a half-game of Houston for the final wild card spot in the American League and trail Toronto by two games after the Blue Jays lost at home to the Yankees.

  • USA TODAY

    Florida Gov. DeSantis discriminated against Black voters by dismantling congressional district, lawyer argues

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis racially discriminated against Black voters by endorsing a congressional map, attorneys argued in court on Tuesday.

  • Associated Press

    How did the Maui fire spread so quickly? Overgrown gully may be key to the investigation

    Investigators are examining these and other pieces of evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s deadly Maui wildfire: How did a small, wind-whipped fire sparked by downed power lines and declared extinguished flare up again hours later into a devastating inferno? The answer may lie in an overgrown gully beneath Hawaiian Electric Co. power lines and something that harbored smoldering embers from the initial fire before rekindling in high winds into a wall of flame that quickly overtook the town of Lahaina, destroying thousands of structures and killing at least 97 people.