Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday. |
- The first victims in Maui named
- Trump's small army of lawyers
- Plus, Metallica on tour
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 | | An aid distribution center in Napili-Honokowai, Hawaii, on Monday.Max Whittaker for The New York Times |
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Maui searches for its dead |
More than a week has passed since a deadly fire swept through the historic Hawaii town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, and the authorities there said that just a third of the burned area had been searched. So far, only two of the 106 people confirmed dead have been publicly identified. The wait, for many families, has been agonizing. |
About 1,300 people were unaccounted-for as of Monday, and officials expect the death toll to sharply rise in the coming days. |
Teams of experts — including DNA specialists who have helped document Russian war crimes in Ukraine and veterans of the post-Sept. 11 search at ground zero — have arrived to aid the painstaking process of recovering and identifying bodies. |
Amid the search efforts, life has ticked on in most other parts of Maui, forcing residents to make sense of loss and death alongside life and tourism. Many residents are crying with friends one moment and working to please vacationers the next. Others are searching for solace. |
One resident, Vene Chun, had just spread ashes at sea with a family devastated by the fire when he spotted surfers enjoying the water nearby. It made him smile. |
"There's got to be some normalcy," he said. "We've got to move on — and constantly help each other at the same time." |
 | | Donald Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four separate state and federal criminal cases.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times |
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Trump's supporters are footing his legal bills |
Donald Trump faces a mountain of legal bills as he defends himself against a wide array of federal and state charges, with the latest coming this week in Georgia. To pay for his small army of lawyers, Trump has often turned to donations from supporters. |
In the first six months of this year alone, political action committees backing him have paid more than $27 million in legal costs. |
However, the PAC that has been paying his legal fees is almost broke, my colleague Jonathan Swan told me. "There are questions about whether Trump will have to dip into his own resources, which he's been famously reluctant to do," he said. |
In Georgia, the prosecutor who charged Trump is seeking a March 4 trial date. Some experts think that's too quick. |
 | | Terrorist attacks against civilians in Niger have decreased by 49 percent this year, according to analysts.Luff/EPA, via Shutterstock |
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The coup in Niger threatens the U.S. terror fight |
Militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are gaining ground at an alarming pace in Africa's vast and semiarid Sahel region. But Niger has recently been the exception to that trend. American and French counterterrorism efforts there have helped to significantly decrease attacks on the country's civilians, analysts said. |
 | | A Ukrainian soldier checks coordinates as his team fires a rocket in the Donetsk region in June.Mauricio Lima for The New York Times |
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Ukraine makes another small gain |
Russian officials effectively confirmed the claim, saying yesterday that their troops in the area had been forced to retreat. The fact that progress in Kyiv's long-anticipated counteroffensive is now measured by the recapturing of small villages reinforces how difficult the fighting has become. |
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 | | Bryan Derballa for The New York Times |
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Metallica's ever-changing set list |
Metallica is back on the road again, touring North America after the release of the band's 11th album, "72 Seasons." You may be wondering: How does the group, which has been performing for decades, keep their live shows feeling fresh? |
The answer, according to the drummer Lars Ulrich, is that every show is designed to be different. The group mixes up their set list for each performance, drawing on songs from their 40-year catalog to keep both fans, and themselves, on their toes. |
 | | A view inside the Holocaust museum within Fortnight.Epic Games |
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A Holocaust museum, inside a video game |
Voices of the Forgotten, a virtual Holocaust museum, opened this week in Fortnite, the wildly popular video game. The museum, which our reporter said resembles a modern mansion outside of Miami, promises to teach visitors "about the heroes who saved Jewish lives during the Holocaust and also the Jewish members of the Resistance." |
Its rules — no shooting, no shouting, no break dancing — underline the difficult balance between spreading awareness of the historical atrocities and maintaining respectful order. Some Holocaust educators have expressed concern that such a place could propagate historical inaccuracies, but many are supportive of the attempt to reach younger audiences. |
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 | | Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. |
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A glitch at the bank allowed some customers to move around $1,000 with no change shown to their account balance. But the windfall didn't last. The issue was solved, and the bank plans to subtract the withdrawal amounts from those accounts and charge overdraft fees to those who took out more than they had on hand. |
Have a fortuitous evening. |
Thanks for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. — Matthew |
 | Writer: Matthew Cullen Editorial Director: Adam Pasick Editors: Carole Landry, Whet Moser, Justin Porter, Jonathan Wolfe Photo Editor: Brent Lewis |
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