Maui Fire 'Was Not Only Predictable, It Was Predicted' (Newser Morning 8)

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August 17, 2023     "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." —Dalai Lama   1 Residents of Canadian City Told to Get Out by Friday Air evacuations are to begin Thursday to move residents in the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories out of the path of wildfires that are nearing the city of 20,000 people. Keep reading   2 Maui Fire 'Was Not Only Predictable, It Was Predicted' The deadliest US wildfire in more than a century "was not only predictable, it was predicted" by Hawaiian Electric and "anyone else who bothered to look into the issue," says Mikel Watts, the lead attorney in a lawsuit filed against the company Wednesday. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance Riders on the first bike leg compete on the Champs Elysee of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The Alexander III bridge will be the setting for the finish line of the individual cycling time trials, swimming marathon, triathlon, and para triathlon. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Keep reading   3 Texas Woman Charged With Threatening Trump Judge A Texas woman left a voicemail message threatening to kill the judge overseeing former President Trump's federal election interference case, prosecutors say. Keep reading   4 Bacteria Linked to Oysters, Seawater Kills 3 on East Coast Three people in New York and Connecticut have died recently from a rare but deadly bacterial infection linked to raw seafood and warm seawater. Keep reading   5 Lawsuit: Feinstein Is Victim of 'Financial Elder Abuse' As the senior senator for California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is one of the most powerful women in the US—but the 90-year-old is also a victim of "financial elder abuse," according to a lawsuit filed by daughter Katherine Feinsten. Keep reading   6 Leonard Bernstein's Family Is on Bradley Cooper's Side Many people are upset about the prosthetic nose Bradley Cooper (who is not Jewish) wore to play Jewish conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, but Bernstein's family is not among that number. Keep reading   From our sponsors   7 Britney Spears, Asghari Headed for Divorce: Sources It's apparently over for Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, according to sources who spoke to multiple outlets including TMZ and People. Keep reading   8 'This Was Murder,' Judge Says of 19-Year-Old Who Hit Building An Ohio judge has convicted a teenager of murdering her boyfriend and his friend by crashing her car into a brick building at 100 mph. Keep reading   This Day in History On Aug. 17, 1982, the first commercially produced compact discs, a recording of ABBA's "The Visitors," were pressed at a Philips factory near Hanover, West Germany. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: Westboro to Picket Robin Williams’ Funeral   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved