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In Maui, a fast-moving wildfire decimated the historic town of Lahaina. A fire in upcountry Maui in Kula also left a path of destruction.

Archaeologists have finally uncovered the location of Harriet Tubman's house, where she spent her formative teenage years before she escaped enslavement. Their clue was a Lady Liberty coin dated 1808.

Some folks who planned to buy a home this spring have changed their plans, citing political and economic uncertainty.

Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.

The name of Big Timber, Montana, comes from the original source of most of its income, which was a large saw mill. Big Timber came about when it was decided that the original county seat of Sweet Grass County, a town called Dornix, was needed to be relocated on higher ground. The sawmill is long gone in Big Timber, and today the town relies mostly on agriculture to support its population, although one branch of the Stillwater Mine, which is one of the most lucrative businesses in Montana, is also located in Big Timber.

A film made on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and starring Miss Blackfeet has won a major award.Iniskim, a short film by Thunderheart Films, won an Emmy…

A new cookbook offers kitchen techniques that reduce physical exertion. It aims to make home cooking accessible again for those with chronic back pain.

Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn perform three songs from their couch for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

A federal audit finds Medicare spending on hospice care for patients in nursing homes increased by 69 percent to $4.9 billion over just four years. Much of the increase was due to longer duration of hospice care in nursing homes compared with services provided at home.