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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Soboroff, a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as chief recovery officer for the city’s wildfire comeback, won’t take a salary after facing backlash over plans to pay him $500,000.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An intense winter storm grounded flights, shut down schools and stopped public transit Monday morning in St. John's, N.L., leaving the capital of Canada's easternmost province to dig out from under 40 centimetres of snow.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities on Sunday issued two evacuation alerts for the southern region of La Araucanía as wildfires raged. At least one person has died.

WHISTLER, B.C. — Dangerous wind chill conditions that have triggered warnings in British Columbia's North Coast and Rocky Mountains regions have spread to parts of the southwest, just north of Metro Vancouver.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea south of the Cayman Islands Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of Cayman Islands on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at 6:23 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Parts of British Columbia are bracing for extreme cold and Arctic outflows well into next week, as the current frigid weather broke multiple low-temperature records entering the weekend.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's President Gabriel Boric on Saturday issued state of emergency decrees for two regions in the center and south of the country due to the threat of raging wildfires.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed through next week as earthquakes continue to rattle the region, authorities said Saturday.